Atidot, an Israel-based insurtech company empowering the life insurance industry with big data and predictive analytics, announced last week it secured $5 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Vertex Ventures with the participation of existing investors The D.E. Shaw Group, Moneta Seeds, and Bank Hapoalim.
Founded in 2016, Atidot describes itself as a cloud-based, SaaS platform tailored specifically to the needs of the life insurance industry, which uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics to enable life insurers to make data-driven business decisions. The company revealed:
“Atidot focuses specifically on the life insurance industry (valued at $597 billion in the US alone), offering insurers an easy to use SaaS predictive analytics platform. The company utilizes underused and often neglected sources of data as well as open access information, to enhance existing actuarial and business models.”
Dror Katzav, CEO and Co-Founder of Atidot, also stated:
“Very little of the data possessed by the life insurance industry is being utilized for strategic purposes. Current legacy systems do not handle the abundance of data now available, often leaving life insurers in the dark about the nature and behavior of their policyholders. Atidot was founded to enable insurers to become more client-centric. By using existing policyholder data, combined with open sourced information, we build a complete picture of a policyholder and predict their behavior, allowing carriers to offer the best possible service and develop the best business strategy.”
Martin Snow, newly appointed Vice President and Chief Delivery Officer at Atidot, then reported:
“Life insurers and annuity writers can develop new strategies for their in-force management and new business activities through the insights generated by predictive analytics. I am delighted to join the fast-growing team of actuaries, data scientists, developers, and product professionals at Atidot. Together we are building industry-specific predictive analytics tools, providing life insurers with new strategies to meet the opportunities and challenges they are facing.”
Emanuel Timor, General Partner, Vertex Ventures Israel, who is also joining the Atidot Board of Directors, added:
“We believe Atidot has what it takes to become the market leader for predictive analytics for the life insurance industry. We were impressed by the company’s achievements, its vision, the depth of its product as well as its customer base. They have built a unique team that combines some of the best data science and big data developers in Israel together with deep actuarial and insurance knowledge.”
The funds from the Series A funding round will be used to scale operations and expand US sales and customer support activities, as well actuarial science, data science, and software engineering teams.