Clark: The InsurTech Raising $85M from Tencent

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Previously titled “Tencent backs insurance startup Clark in $85US round. We talk to Clark’s CEO” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 10, 2026

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Recorded26 Jan 2021

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This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io [A Ping-Pong table, a PlayStation or a table football] don’t help that much if the [corporate culture] is broken. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark In this interview we are talking to a previous guest. Christopher Oster is the CEO and co-founder of Frankfurt-based insurtech clark. In the past we talk to him about the appearance of Clark on Bloomberg’s list of startups to watch, back in 2017. Now they raised an 85 m US$ series C venture capital round, with noteworthy investor Tencent from China. We talk to him about the funding, the way to the funding and their plans. Insurance has still not really penetrated by technology … you have unhappy customers … this is a great opportunity for a founder. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ In 2015 there was almost no funding for insurtech startups, it all started in 2016 Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark The Founder In this interview we are talking to Christopher (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-christopher-oster-3158802/) the CEO and co-founder of Frankfurt-based insurtech clark. In the past we talk to him about the appearance of Clark on Bloombergs list of startups to watch, back in 2017. You have a paper folder with your insurance policies, but nobody checks if the insurance policies still matches your life. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark The Startup The startup was built by a group of four friends, who to together, since they could not find the help they wanted with their insurance needs. The whole founding team is still on board, more than 5 years after the company was set up Crunchbase (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clark-2), company website (https://www.clark.de/). An average German has six insurance policies with 4 different insurance carriers. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark The Interview from 2017 The whole blog post is here: https://www.startuprad.io/interviews/clark-de-startup-germany-bloombergs-list-50-promising-startups/ Or just tune in to the interview here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xryTBqaxncpSrnXO3L3QQ?si=2qC09ZDDTJ6XnewH7_LMvg For our series a, we talked to 300 VCs or so. There was a lot of uncertainty and many other companies started as well. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark Feedback Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder, and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Follow us on Social Media Instagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/...

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