How India's Digital-First Insurer Was Built. Founded by Varun Dua in 2016. Industry: InsurTech / Digital Insurance. Key Metrics: $1.1B Valuation | 70M+ Customers.
Acko built India's first digital-native insurance company — direct-to-consumer, zero-commission, paperless claims — making insurance purchase and claims settlement possible entirely through an app with no agent intermediaries. Strategy: embedded insurance partnerships (Amazon, Ola, Zomato), digital-only distribution, and claims settlement in under 2 hours as product differentiation.