Munich Re/HSB Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Germany-based reinsurance firm Munich Re and its US-based Hartford Steam Boiler subsidiary, has hired Oshri Kaplan as a venture partner.
Kaplan had previously held a venture partner position at US-based corporate innovation platform Silicon Foundry. Following Kaplan’s departure in June this year, Ludovic Ulrich stepped up the following month to assume the role of partner at Silicon Foundry.
Munich Re/HSB Ventures’ main areas of investment are the internet-of-things, cleantech, biotech, energy and healthcare.
Some of the unit’s portfolio companies, such as Relayr, Mnubo and WePredict, have also partnered Munich Re to jointly develop risk management products and insurance solutions.
Prior to joining Silicon Foundry in December 2017, Kaplan had been the senior managing director for supply chain services provider Flex’s innovation and new ventures team for more than four years, investing in tech-based startups.
Kaplan was previously internal innovation leader at consulting services provider Deloitte Israel, promoting innovation and developing multidisciplinary products and services, after an investment associate role at Israel-based Docor International Management, a subsidiary of VC firm Crecor.
