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PolicyBazaar
Policybazaar is an Indian insurance aggregator and multinational financial technology company based in Gurgaon. The company was founded in June 2008 by Yashish Dahiya, Alok Bansal and Avaneesh Nirjar. It provides a digital platform - website and app - where users can compare insurance policies and other financial services from major insurance companies. The company is India's largest insurance aggregator, and has expanded its operations to the United Arab Emirates. Policybazaar is the flagship subsidiary of PB Fintech Ltd which also owns the credit product aggregator Paisabazaar. History Policybazaar.com was founded in June 2008 by Yashish Dahiya, Alok Bansal, and Avaneesh Nirjar, starting out as an insurance comparison website. At that time, the Indian insurance industry still lacked transparency and policies were mostly sold through agents. Policybazaar started by listing the details of multiple insurance policies for customers to choose from. It began as a price-compariso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiratae Ventures
Chiratae Ventures, is a technology venture capital firm focused on growth-stage Startup company, startups in the Indian market. The venture firm was founded by Sudhir Sethi and T. C. M. Sundaram as the Indian arm of the global venture capital firm IDG Ventures in 2006. The firm manages total assets of over $775 million in over 85 investee companies. It is headquartered in Bangalore, with offices in Mumbai and New Delhi. Investments In additional to individual investors, the firm's funds raise capital from its Limited partnership, limited partner, Small Industries Development Bank of India, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). Some of the firm's investments include startups such as Myntra, Lenskart, CureFit, PolicyBazaar, FirstCry, and Bounce. On August 21, 2020, it was announced that CDC Group, a UK Government owned development finance institution had committed $10 million in Chiratae ventures' Funding, Fund IV, which focuses on early stage technology enabled In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |