Singapore-based insurance technology developer CXA Group received $25m in funding from corporates Singapore Telecommunications, Telkom Indonesia, Sumitomo, Muang Thai Life Assurance, HSBC, Humanica and IMC on Wednesday.
Telecommunications firms Singtel and Telkom Indonedia invested through corporate venturing units Singtel Innov8 and MDI Ventures respectively, while diversified conglomerate Sumiotmo took part through Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia.
The round also featured human resources software provider Humanica; Fuchsia Ventures, the investment arm of insurance firm Muang Thai; financial services firm HSBC and Heritas Venture Fund, a venture capital vehicle managed by diversified holding group IMC.
CXA provides cloud-based software that is used by businesses to give their employees access to insurance benefits that are tailored to them based on their individual health data.
Employees can also purchase health, wealth and wellness products by accessing a drawdown of their insurance policies, obtaining funds through the platform’s e-wallet. All the investors in the round are providing the technology to their customers and employees.
The company has now raised $58m in external equity funding altogether. Health technology and electronics producer Philips and RGAx, the accelerator run by reinsurer Reinsurance Group of America, took part in its $25m series B round in early 2017.
The 2017 round was co-led by EDBI, the investment arm of the Singaporean government’s economic development board, and investment firm B Capital Group, and included healthcare-focused VC firm Bioveda Capital and Openspace Ventures, then known as NSI Ventures.
NSI Ventures led CXA’s $8m series A round in 2015, which also included commitments from Bioveda and investment platform FengHe Group. It had been boostrapped by founder Rosaline Koo with a $3.5m investment before collecting an additional $3.5m in loans in 2016.