35: Building a Venture backable Insurtech : Conversation with Shwetank Verma, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Leo Capital and Co-Founder of India Insurtech Association
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FS Brew has been speaking to #venturecapital firms interested in #insuranceand #insurtech space to know more about what it takes to pique their interest.
In this episode, we spoke with Shwetank Verma, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Leo Capital and Co-Founder of India Insurtech Association.
He is passionate about insurance and has been championing the cause of insurtechs in his current and previous roles. His VC firm, Leo Capital, invests in some of the leading insurtechs, such as Covergenius, so it was super insightful to know more about what it takes to build a solid insurtech start-up and scale.
We spoke in-depth about the following:
💪 What is a venture backable insurtech: 2 KEY AREAS TO FOCUS- TAM and Founder's Resilience
🌼 Interesting traits that Shwetank and his team focus on when it comes to assessing the Founders: their ability to deal with ambiguity, their initiative, and their resilience (interesting to note how his team goes about it!)
🎯 Specific pointers on how to approach the pitch deck; the key factors to capture in the cover email, in the pitch deck
🌐Some of the regulatory challenges that the #insurtech ecosystem face across geographies
🌿Leo Capital's approach to building a scalable start-up- keeping it sustainable
🤝Their ME outlook- huge Focus for Leo Capital to expand and invest in #insurtechs
🤵🏻♀️ Focus on female founders- Shwetank and his team want to get more female founders within the #insurtech space
Check out the interview to know more! Finally, if you are an aspiring #insurtechfounder, write to pitch@leocapital.com, and don't forget to listen to the full podcast to get in-depth insights to approach the pitch.
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