QBE Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent QBEHQ Sydney, AustraliaFounded 2017

QBE Ventures is the corporate venture arm of QBE, an insurance company. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Sydney, Australia. It invests from Series A to Series B. Sectors it names: insurtech.

Companies backedS1: 18+

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Series B

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Item	Value
Stage range	Series A to Series B
Sectors	Insurtech
Geography	Global
Offices	Sydney, Australia

Sources: S1 QBE Ventures.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Companies backed	18+	companies	Stated by the firm	S1
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	18	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S1

Sources: S1 QBE Ventures.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Sydney, Australia
Offices: Sydney, Australia

Investment regionsS1

Global

LeadersS2

James OrchardChief Executive OfficerLinkedIn Firm page
Daniel WyplerPartner, Global Head of InvestmentsFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Lynn ThompsonGlobal Head of Strategy and PartnershipsLinkedIn Firm page
Alex TaylorGlobal Head of Emerging TechnologyLinkedIn Firm page
Lucy FanshaweAssociate, Strategy and PartnershipsLinkedIn Firm page

QBE Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	QBE	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Insurance	Single source	S1
Founded	2017	Single source	S5
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia	Single source	S4
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Companies backed	18+	Single source	S1
Stages	Series A, Series B (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 18 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

5 companies on the QBE Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
American Family Ventures	1	LeaseLock
Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures	1	LeaseLock
RWT Horizons	1	LeaseLock
Aramco Ventures	1	Snorkel AI
GV	1	Snorkel AI
Opera Tech Ventures	1	Arbol
Guidewire Ventures	1	CLARA Analytics
MS&AD Ventures	1	Jupiter Intelligence

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the QBE Ventures list

18 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

Arbol
Aurora Insurance
Bold Penguin
Clara Analytics
Converge
Cygnvs
Cytora
Demex
Hyperscience
Iluminr
Jupiter Intelligence
Lazarus AI
LeaseLock
Mitti
Reserv
Snorkel AI
Yellowbird
Zeguro

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.qbe.com/ventures

Sources

S1QBE VenturesFirm
S2QBE Ventures teamFirm
S3QBE Ventures portfolioFirm
S4QBE Ventures terms of use (registered office Sydney)Firm
S5QBE: partners with HyperScience (launch of QBE Ventures 2017)Firm

Disclaimer and corrections

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