Howden Ventures

www.howdengroupholdings.com/about-us/howden-ventures

Howden Ventures invests in B2B startups at Seed to Series B stage that use data and technology to cut risk and boost performance across critical industries including energy, shipping, construction, industrial manufacturing, logistics, and aviation. They specifically target companies building at the intersection of operational technology, risk, and resilience in Industrial IoT, industrial automation, predictive maintenance, machine learning, and control systems.

Check Size

Up to $2M

Stages

Seed, Series A, Series B

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Data Infrastructure, Industrials

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Investment Thesis

Howden Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm that combines funding with insurance expertise and distribution scale to accelerate innovation in operational risk management and resilience. They describe themselves as ‘a new kind of CVC, with the reach of a global broker and the ambition to redefine how operational risk is managed.’ Their philosophy centers on embedded, intelligent insurance that moves beyond reactive coverage to prevention at the source, leveraging data and technology to monitor, assess, and manage risks in critical industries.

What Sets Them Apart

Access to large, ready-made client base of thousands of specialty insurance clients through 16,000 brokers globally
Can accelerate time-to-market in under 6 months through established distribution network
Provides both capital and insurance expertise/product development capability
Team has deep insurance domain expertise combined with VC investment experience (e.g., Luke Hakes previously grew Octopus Ventures from £15m to £1.5bn AUM)
Offers sustainable revenue pathways through insurance market integration rather than traditional exit focus