Post on 15-Jan-2017
- DIA Barcelona -April 21th 2016
AXA STRATEGIC VENTURES@AXAVentures @Minh_Q_Tran
www.minhtran.fr
We shape the future of insurance and asset management by
investing in technologies that transform our industry
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SUMMARY.
1. AXA Strategic Ventures2. InsurTech trends3. Investment thesis
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San Francisco
NYCParis
LondonHong Kong
A Venture Capital fund, dedicated to emerging strategic innovations relevant to
€230M
Seed &
Venture
WHAT IS AXA STRATEGIC VENTURES ?
4 OFFICES
A strategic initiative launched in February 2015 by AXA• Set up as a separate regulated entity with a
professional team dedicated to making
investments in start-ups.
✓ insurance,
✓ asset management,
✓ financial technology
✓ healthcare service industries
• ASV provides seed (early stage of the start-
up) to venture funding (acceleration phase of
the start-up) to start-ups built by experts
founders on leading edge technology that
can be scaled worldwide.
SEEDvalidate, build
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✓ Pre-revenue✓ Clear direction and target
milestones✓ Initial development of product/
service✓ Committed founding team✓ Generate investor interest
EARLYLaunch
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✓ Some revenue and user growth✓ Clear product-market fit✓ Attract additional resources – personnel/
investor
VENTUREScale
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✓ Measurable market penetration and user growth
✓ Large and growing market✓ Ability and desire to scale quickly✓ Attract significant resources –
business deals; investors
GROWTHmaturity to exit
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✓ Established✓ Terminal growth – steady-state expected
growth moving forward✓ Resources easily acquired✓ Founder exit or continue BAU
SEEDangels/crowdfunds/seed vc
SERIES Acrowdfunds/vc
SERIES B, Cvc
SERIES C1, …Vc, private equity
INDUSTRY FUNDING ROUNDS
COMPANY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
SEED>$100K
VENTURE<$10M
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SUMMARY.
1. AXA Strategic Ventures2. InsurTech trends3. Investment thesis
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How we define
InsurTech
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InsurTech = technologies that might impact/disrupt insurance businesses
Source : https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/insurance-tech-startup-funding-2015/
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InsurTech is following FinTech but
growing quickly
10Source : http://seedingtech.com/2016/02/01/the-insurance-tech-moment-is-coming/
InsurTech investments are growing fast (3.5x in 2015)…
InsurTech investments are lagging 2 years behind FinTech but growth might be faster
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…Especially as incumbents are already investing in this space
Source : https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/insurance-startup-investing
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Significant amounts have already been invested
in InsurTech companies
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Source : https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/insurance-tech-startup-funding-2015/
$2.7B invested in InsurTech in 2015…
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Source : https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/insurance-tech-early-stage-2015
… but mostly in the US, so far
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And Insurance has a strong potential
for disruption
Life Insurance $2.3TNon-life Insurance $1.4T
Huge market world wide
Mobile for distributionBig data for underwritingMachine learning for personalization
Technology can help on several aspects of Insurance
Solvency II - Agents (MGA) - Broker - Reinsurer
Regulation as a barrier to enter the market
Digitization is well behind other industries
16Source : https://medium.com/@robmoff/disrupting-insurance-4cf61fb8c551#.ofh3bhzbb
Here are the 4 main reasons why Insurance is open to disruption
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SUMMARY.
1. AXA Strategic Ventures2. InsurTech trends3. Investment thesis
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The InsurTech ecosystem is structuring itself around strong pillars
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All the insurance value chain is being challenged by startups…
Source : http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/02/opportunities-in-the-risk-business-abound-as-insurance-is-ready-for-disruption/
Out of 1.000 leads received in 2015, 10% were fully InsurTech startups, and it accelerates in 2016.
Product & Pricing 30%
Distribution >50%
Claim <20%
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…And all the verticals are targeted by InsurTech startups
Source : http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/02/opportunities-in-the-risk-business-abound-as-insurance-is-ready-for-disruption/
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We are looking for startups that will
Insurance
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Disruptive technologies:Framework for investing
*Adapted from “The Innovator’s Dilemma” de Clayton M. Christensen
Mar
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Demand
Time
Startup
User trends
Tech solutions
Business model
Disruptive technology
DISRUPT MARKET PRACTICE IN TRAVEL INSURANCE Airfares increase as we get closer to departure date due to strong yield management techniques.
Portfolio
We predict airfares
Creation of millions of qualified leads worldwide
Disrupt market practice by shifting user experience
Protection will be proposed before purchasing
DISRUPT MARKET PRACTICE IN TRAVEL INSURANCE
Portfolio
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Thesis 1 = Full-stack digital leads
Source : www.cnet.com/news/your-next-insurance-agent-will-be-a-robot/
Generate leads
+ 1 to be announced
Contact managementValue chain
ASV portfolio
Startups identified
KYC Subscription
Qualify leads
+ ChatBots are spreading as a new means to interact with customers
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