Marshmallow is a technology company.
Marshmallow has raised $116.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Marshmallow has raised $116.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Marshmallow has raised $116.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Marshmallow's investors include Act One Ventures, Addition, Amadeus Capital Partners, Anthemis Group, Atlantic Bridge, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, CapitalX.
Marshmallow (Marshmallow Technology Ltd.) is a London-based fintech and insurtech company that provides digital car insurance tailored to newcomers and migrants in the UK, addressing unfair pricing due to unrecognized overseas driving experience.[1][2][3][4] Founded in 2017, it builds proprietary technology, pricing, and fraud models to serve over 200,000 customers—nearly 80% new to the UK—delivering fairer premiums via a mobile app that has sold over half a million policies.[1][3] The company employs 300+ people, achieved unicorn status in 2021 with a $1.25bn valuation, and ranked as Europe's second-fastest-growing company in 2023 by the Financial Times with a 660% CAGR.[2][4]
Its growth stems from a purpose-driven mission to empower marginalized groups facing unique financial barriers, using data science and AI for personalized underwriting and self-service support.[1][3]
Marshmallow was founded in 2017 by twins Alexander Kent-Braham and Oliver Kent-Braham, alongside software engineer David Goate, after incorporating as Twin Thinking Ltd. in November 2016 and rebranding early the next year.[4][5] The idea emerged from observing how traditional insurers penalized migrants by ignoring their overseas driving history, treating experienced drivers like novices and charging exorbitant premiums.[1][3]
The team bootstrapped from a local gym before raising a $1.2m seed round in 2018 from Investec Bank and Passion Capital to build tech-focused insurance for this underserved group.[4] Pivotal moments include winning a 2018 trademark dispute against giant Marsh McLennan, attaining unicorn status via an $85m 2021 round, and settling an IP battle with Mulsanne Insurance that year—milestones that fueled rapid scaling.[4]
Marshmallow rides the insurtech wave disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar legacy industry by leveraging AI, data science, and fintech for personalized, inclusive products—targeting the UK's growing migrant population amid post-Brexit demographics and global mobility trends.[1][3][6] Timing aligns with rising demand for fair finance for marginalized groups, as traditional models fail diverse cohorts; market forces like regulatory pressures for equity and AI adoption favor its tech edge.[1][3]
It influences the ecosystem by proving niche underwriting viability, inspiring fintechs to prioritize underserved segments, and setting benchmarks for AI in regulated support—accelerating broader adoption of self-service agents in insurance.[3][6]
Marshmallow's trajectory points to expansion beyond UK car insurance for newcomers, targeting millions of other marginalized customers via deepened tech insights and models.[1] Trends like AI autonomy, multilingual scaling, and inclusive fintech will propel it, potentially entering new products or geographies while navigating regulation.
Its influence may evolve into a blueprint for purpose-driven insurtech, amplifying access for non-traditional users—reinforcing how one focused fix for unfair pricing sparked Europe's fastest-growing tech disruptor.[1][4]
Marshmallow has raised $116.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $85.0M Series B in September 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2021 | $85.0M Series B | Act One Ventures, Addition, Amadeus Capital Partners, Anthemis Group, Atlantic Bridge, Betaworks Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, Cambridge Innovation Capital, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Composite Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, Kevin Ding, Drive Capital, EMVC, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, GSF Accelerator, Highbury Group, Incisive Ventures, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Scott Sandell, Outrun Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Revolution Growth, SCOR Ventures, SignalFire, Springdale Ventures, Tenacity Venture Capital, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Gokul Rajaram, Jiake Liu, Kunal Shah, Lev Ekster, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Will Brooks, Will Martin | |
| Nov 1, 2020 | $30.0M Series A | MMC Ventures, Outrun Ventures, Pact VC, Will Brooks, Will Martin | |
| Jun 1, 2018 | $1.0M Seed | Outrun Ventures |