AI-Driven Embedded Insurance Platform Mulberri Announces $6.75 Million Series A Led By Eos Venture Partners

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Mulberri, an AI-driven embedded business insurance platform for small and medium enterprises, 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.

Founded 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, including 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.

“Our mission is to help small enterprises make data-driven risk management decisions and fulfill these needs simply, efficiently, and transparently,” said Hamesh Chawla, Co-Founder, and CEO at Mulberri. “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.”

Small and medium enterprises have historically faced a fragmented and time-consuming insurance purchasing and policy management journey.

Mulberri offers an ecosystem of services to serve small and medium enterprises, including:

Violet Berri: Violet Berri is a joint venture of Vensure Employer Services and Mulberri. 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.

Certificate of Insurance: Enables clients to request and generate COIs with a fully automated, self-service model.

Risk Engine: Equips workers compensation underwriters with the information necessary to make quick and accurate decisions.

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.

“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,” said Zach Powell, General Partner at Eos.

Mulberri will use the capital to expand its ecosystem of small and medium enterprise services in order to fulfill small businesses’ risk needs simply, efficiently, and transparently.

About Mulberri

Nearly $100B annually flows into the business insurance market using archaic processes and low-tech solutions. Mulberri is building AI-powered solutions that make business insurance processes simpler, more efficient, and transparent — enabling organizations to unlock new opportunities with agility, creativity, and purpose.

About Eos Venture Partners

Eos Venture Partners (Eos) is a global independent Strategic Venture Capital fund manager focused exclusively on InsurTech, investing in early and growth stage technology businesses that accelerate innovation and transformation across the insurance industry and value chain. Working with global (re)insurers, Eos’ model is based on a partnership-driven approach to accelerate innovation priorities combined with responsible and purpose-driven investing. Eos’ ambition is to positively impact 500 million lives over the next decade while generating top-quartile returns.

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