DeadHappy secures £11.25M in latest funding round

Venture capital and individual investors

John Brazier
clock • 1 min read

Life insurance provider DeadHappy has raised $15 million (£11.25m) in equity through its latest funding round.

Previous investors VC Octopus and Headline both returned to reinvest in the latest round, which also included new investors Volution, Verso Capital and Channel 4 Ventures. Meanwhile, the provider also received backing from over 1,000 individual investors through a crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs. The provider, which offers term life policies, covering policyholders for five to 10 years with only a year-long fixed rate, stated that the funding will allow it to grow further through building the technology and capabilities of its ‘deathwish' platform, and "continue to reshape how people...

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