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June 17, 2021

UK-based Tractable hits unicorn status as insurtech space heats up

Tractable is the latest insurtech investors are betting big on.


Adrien Cohen, cofounder and president at Tractable

Yet another insurtech has joined Europe’s ever-expanding unicorn stable — as a tide of disruptors give the insurance industry a digital tech makeover.

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Adrien Cohen, cofounder and president at Tractable. Credit: Tractable.
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Investor appetite in European insurtech this year has boomed. Credit: Dealroom.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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