AutoConnexa, an insurtech start-up, has announced that it has completed a €4.4 million capital increase, which, added to the SAFEs placed at the beginning of 2025, brings the total amount raised to over €6 million. The operation represents a means of accelerating the process of bringing technological innovation to traditional sectors such as insurance, accompanying them in their evolution without disrupting industrial and cultural balances.
AutoConnexa positions itself as a distribution partner for motor vehicle liability insurance policies, offering itself as a genuine revenue generator for banks, insurance companies and, in the future, also for telecommunications, automotive and other industrial sectors. “We work alongside solid companies that have built value over time,” says Robin Daina, CEO and founder (pictured), in a statement. “Our goal is to offer these companies all our technology to create a very important element of differentiation in the market and enable new sales channels capable of evolving their business.”
AutoConnexa’s growth is driven by a value chain whose core elements are road safety and eco-sustainability. The company has developed a device that is installed in the car’s passenger compartment and, together with the Drive Connexa app, collects feedback on driving behaviour from a safety and eco-sustainability perspective for each journey. This data, processed using proprietary AI algorithms, allows the driver’s risk profile to be outlined in order to create personalised insurance policies. This technology translates into the claim ‘The better you drive, the less you pay, the less you pollute’. The technological solutions developed by AutoConnexa enable more conscious use of the data collected, promoting safer driving behaviour and contributing to more efficient and sustainable mobility, with concrete benefits for citizens, companies and local areas. ‘Road safety and eco-sustainability are the cornerstones of our model,’ continues Daina. ‘For us, innovation also means taking responsibility for people, the environment and the industrial system as a whole.’
The recently completed transaction involves a qualified pool of institutional and professional investors, including the Lumen II fund, CDP Venture Capital, Crédit Agricole and several members of the Investors’ Club through Simon Fiduciaria, who join MBSpeedUp (a vehicle owned by Mediobanca and Founders Factory dedicated to investments in early-stage start-ups), ITAS Mutua and Doorway, investors in the previous SAFE round.
“We support AutoConnexa because we believe it to be one of the best insurtech companies to emerge in Italy in recent years, as it sees technology as an enabler for a more efficient and responsible industry,” says Davide Fioranelli, general partner at Lumen II. “It’s an approach that looks to the long term and to creating value for the entire ecosystem.”
“We are delighted to support AutoConnexa on a journey that combines technological innovation and development in southern Italy,” said Francesca Ottier, head of CDP Venture Capital’s Italia Venture II fund. “The motor insurance sector is undergoing a profound transformation, in which the use of telematics and data is enabling the creation of more efficient and transparent models that reward sustainable and virtuous driving behaviour. We believe that AutoConnexa can play a significant role in this digitalisation process, helping to modernise the insurance sector and strengthen a hub of technological innovation in southern Italy.”
“By acquiring a stake in AutoConnexa, Crédit Agricole Italia intends to closely monitor the evolution of new sustainable technologies in the field of future mobility,” comments Andrea Riva, Head of Open Innovation at Crédit Agricole Italia. . “The rationale behind the investment is the desire to explore new strategic partnerships that will enable us to meet the future needs of our Group’s customers, laying the foundations for a potential evolution of our offering in terms of technology and personalisation.”
“AutoConnexa’s technology is of high quality, but what really convinced us was the team. Competence, vision and rare resilience: qualities that have enabled the company to get this far with solid foundations. As members of the Investors’ Club, we were able to provide significant support for the growth of this business, drawing on expertise within the Club’s network in the digital, automotive and insurance sectors. Under Robin Daina’s leadership, we really saw an important opportunity for the market,” emphasise Sergio Brizzo and Giorgio Gorelli, representatives of the Investor Club members who participated in this round.
Following the transaction, the company’s board of directors, composed of professionals with experience in the insurance sector, has been confirmed, with Davide Fioranelli joining as a new member of the Board of Directors appointed by the new investors, alongside Jamie Brown, Marta Daina and Vittorio Giusti. The confirmation of Robin Daina as Chief Executive Officer ensures strategic continuity and consistency with a vision that places values at the heart of growth.
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