Naked’s push to raise capital in a downturn

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Raising new funds for an insurance technology platform is the focus in this edition of the Business Day Spotlight.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Alex Thomson, co-founder of Naked Insurance, the artificial intelligence (AI)-based insurance platform.

Thomson talks about the rationale to get funding from the World Bank’s IFC and German Development Finance Institution; plans for growth; what it takes to raise capital in the current environment; and how the business has been performing.

Business Day Spotlight is a TimesLIVE Production.
16 Feb 2023 English South Africa Business News · News

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