Mulberri – an AI-driven embedded business insurance platform for small and medium enterprises – recently announced its $6.75 million Series A led by Eos Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Hanover Technology Management, MS&AD Ventures, and Altamont Capital Partners (via insurance enterprises in its portfolio). Zach Powell, General Partner of Eos Venture Partners, will join Mulberri as a board member.
Launched in 2021, Mulberri provides custom-fit solutions for small and medium enterprises through deep partnerships in the HR, benefits, and payroll sectors and other affinity SME channels. Mulberri’s platform offers an array of insurance solutions such as brokerage, risk transfer, certificate of insurance, and risk engines. Its ecosystem and partnerships enable access to more than 250 PEOs/ Payroll Providers/ Brokers covering about 100,000 small & medium enterprises.
Small and medium enterprises have faced a fragmented and time-consuming insurance purchasing and policy management journey. Mulberri provides an ecosystem of services to serve small and medium enterprises, including:
1.) Violet Berri – Violet Berri is a joint venture of Vensure Employer Services and Mulberri. And it provides a business insurance marketplace customized for PEOs and ASOs through a partnership with Prism HR, a leading HR services firm that serves more than 80,000 organizations. Offerings span smart submission, marketplace, quote & bind, post-bind, risk engine, and COI.
2.) Certificate of Insurance – Enables clients to request and generate COIs with a fully automated, self-service model.
3.) Risk Engine – Equips workers compensation underwriters with the information necessary to make quick and accurate decisions.
4.) Cyber Insurance – Empowers SMEs to access reasonable limit ($250 – $500k) cyber coverage with fixed premiums and streamlined underwriting to broaden accessibility in the small and medium enterprise segment.
Mulberri will utilize the capital to expand its ecosystem of small and medium enterprise services to fulfill small businesses’ risk needs simply, efficiently, and transparently.
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“Our mission is to help small enterprises make data-driven risk management decisions and fulfill these needs simply, efficiently, and transparently. Our partnerships in the HR and Payroll sector connect us with SMEs at critical points in their business lifecycle, allowing us to provide the right risk solutions at the right time. We’re thrilled to partner with Eos on the next phase of our growth.”
- Hamesh Chawla, Co-Founder, and CEO at Mulberri
“The insurance industry has always been challenged to adequately serve the small enterprise customer. We believe with Mulberri’s highly unique distribution channel, trusted partnerships in the payroll / HR benefits sector, and evolving product portfolio puts the company at the forefront of change in the SME sector.”
- Zach Powell, General Partner at Eos
