EP40: {Shwetank Verma, General Partner of Leo Capital}

Shwetank Verma is a General Partner and co-Founder of Leo Capital, an early-stage venture investor operating in India and SouthEast Asia. Leo Capital focuses on Digital Health, InsurTech and FinTech. Shwetank, prior to founding Leo Capital he headed open innovation at MetLife Asia, where he created and led (Collab), and was entrepreneur who created a healthcare and education ventures in India.

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Shwetank opens up about investing, few of his investments & trends he has seen in the Insurance space. 

Timeline:

01:55 - Introduction

05:55 - Metlife Collab - the post accelerator

08:10 - Corporate innovation is learned helplessness

11:05 - Seeing patterns in industries across the world

14:40 - Timing the market

17:45 - Regulators enabling insurance

20:45 - Insuretech Association of India

22:50 - Having billions in Gross Underwritten Premiums

31:00 - Leo Capital Investments

31:44 - Cover Genius - APIs for insurance

36:10 - Functioning of the fund

37:10 - Beato App - Diabetes Management

46:08 - WayForward - Mental Health

49:24 - Meeting portfolio companies - choosing an investment