Laka
Company

Last deal

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

09.04.2024

Date

3

all rounds

$29.74M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Laka is a global Green Mobility insurer that offers peer-to-peer bicycle insurance.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Also Known As

Insure A Thing, An.insurtech Business

founded date

20.01.2017

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Laka's platform provides affordable and fair coverage for theft, vandalism, damage, and loss by a community of like-minded people. The company's mission is to rewrite the rules of insurance by building a collective that gets stronger as it grows, covering each other in the pursuit of better.
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location

Phone number

Website URL

Social url

Legal Names

Legal name

Laka Ltd
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People

Founders
3
Ben Allen
Ben Allen

Ben Allen

Ben Allen is the Co-Founder and CTO at Laka.

current job

Laka
Laka

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1

Ben Allen

Jens Hartwig
Jens Hartwig

Jens Hartwig

Jens Hartwig is the Co-Founder and CPO at Laka.

current job

Laka
Laka

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1

Jens Hartwig

Tobias Taupitz
Tobias Taupitz

Tobias Taupitz

Tobi is the CEO & Co-founder of Laka, straightforward insurance powered by the community. Prior to this, he has spent several years in Corporate Finance, covering FinTech & Insurance clients at Barclays and KPMG.

current job

Laka
Laka

organization founded

1

Tobias Taupitz

Employee Profiles
4
Jens Hartwig

Jens Hartwig

Co-founder and CPO

Ben Allen

Ben Allen

Co-founder and CTO

Tobias Taupitz

Tobias Taupitz

Co-founder and CEO

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