{"id":17242,"date":"2021-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/08\/30\/onedegree-completes-series-b1-funding-round-in-major-step-to-become-asias-insurtech-leader\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T00:00:00","slug":"onedegree-completes-series-b1-funding-round-in-major-step-to-become-asias-insurtech-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/08\/30\/onedegree-completes-series-b1-funding-round-in-major-step-to-become-asias-insurtech-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"OneDegree Completes Series B1 Funding Round in Major Step to Become Asia\u2019s InsurTech Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www\/media-outreach.com\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 30 August 2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onedegree.hk\/en-us\">OneDegree<\/a>, one of Asia&#8217;s fastest growing InsurTech<br \/>\ncompanies, today announces that it has raised USD28 million in a Series B1<br \/>\nfunding round, as it accelerates to be the next-generation InsurTech leader in<br \/>\nthe region. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nlatest round brings the total funds raised by OneDegree to date to over USD70<br \/>\nmillion, demonstrating investors&#8217; strong reception to the growth delivered by<br \/>\nthe Group since its previous funding round. The new funds will be used for<br \/>\nOneDegree&#8217;s investment in new technology, product development and expansion<br \/>\nacross both Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) segments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To<br \/>\ncomplement its expansion in Asia, the Group plans to double its headcount to<br \/>\n300 over the next 12 months. At the same time, it is deepening its strategic<br \/>\npartnerships in Asia Pacific and Europe, with the aim of becoming a global<br \/>\nInsurTech business with presence in five continents within the next five years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OneDegree has been going from strength<br \/>\nto strength. This latest funding round is a testament to our achievement and a<br \/>\nvote of confidence from both our existing and new investors,&#8221; said Alvin Kwock,<br \/>\nCo-founder of OneDegree. &#8220;Our ambition is to grow OneDegree Hong Kong into a top three general insurance<br \/>\nproviders in Hong Kong by 2025 and bring our proven consumer products to key<br \/>\nmarkets across Asia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alex<br \/>\nLeung, Co-founder of OneDegree, said: &#8220;With our IXT technology solutions,<br \/>\nOneDegree is already embarking on its plans to be a leading B2B technology<br \/>\nplayer in the global insurance space. We see increasing demands for IXT, as<br \/>\nmore and more insurance ecosystem participants are partnering with OneDegree<br \/>\nGlobal to leverage the power of our technology solutions to generate sales<br \/>\ngrowth and deliver business results. The reach of OneDegree&#8217;s technology is<br \/>\nglobal, bringing positive impact to insurance businesses and end customers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\nSeries B1 funding round includes participation from new investors, including<br \/>\nthe direct investment unit of Sun Hung Kai &amp; Co. and AEF Greater Bay Area<br \/>\nFund, along with six existing investors. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln<br \/>\nYeh, Co-Head of Private Equity at Sun Hung Kai &amp; Co. said: &#8220;The OneDegree<br \/>\nteam impressed us with the thoughtfulness behind their multi-line product<br \/>\nroadmap, as well as their modular, enterprise SaaS offering. We believe that<br \/>\nwith the founding team&#8217;s deep expertise across insurance and technology,<br \/>\nOneDegree is well-positioned to become a leading virtual insurer for markets<br \/>\nacross Asia. We are excited to partner with OneDegree as part of Sun Hung Kai<br \/>\n&amp; Co&#8217;s direct investments strategy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We<br \/>\nhave been tracking OneDegree since its Series A Round, when Alibaba Hong Kong<br \/>\nEntrepreneurs Fund (AEF) first invested. Since then, we have been impressed by<br \/>\nhow OneDegree is delivering on its business growth. As OneDegree further<br \/>\nexpands in Asia, it makes perfect sense for us to select OneDegree as one of<br \/>\nthe first investments for the AEF Greater Bay Area Fund&#8221;, said Chibo Tang,<br \/>\nmanaging partner of Gobi Partners, the general partner of the AEF Greater Bay Area<br \/>\nFund.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-08-30\/92463\/onedegree-completes-series-b1-funding-round-in-major-step-to-become-asias-insurtech-leader\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 30 August 2021 &#8211; OneDegree, one of Asia&#8217;s fastest growing InsurTech companies, today announces that it has raised USD28 million in a Series B1 funding round, as it accelerates to be the next-generation InsurTech leader in the region. \u00a0 The latest round brings the total funds raised by OneDegree to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}