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Hi Marley Closes Series A1 Round With $8 Million

July 10, 2020 by Agency Checklists

It will use the financing to accelerate ‘Go-to-Market and Product Expansion’

Hi Marley, the Boston-based insurtech providing one of the leading communication platforms for insurance has announced the results of its latest funding round. According to a company announcement, it closed its latest Series A1 round after raising an addition $8 Million, bringing its total amount of financing to $18.6 million.

“We value the existing partnership with Underscore VC and True Ventures and welcome our new partners at Bain Capital Ventures and Greenspring,” said Mike Greene, Founder and CEO of Hi Marley. “We’re grateful to have investors who appreciate the insurance industry and are aligned with the purpose and vision we share with our innovative customers.”

The Series AI round was led by True Ventures and Underscore VC, along with Bain Capital Ventures and Greenspring Associates.

The company says it will use the additional investment to build both its conversational messaging product as well as to increase customer engagement including:

  • Hiring, including expansion of the engineering team to accelerate industry-specific features and support interactions from initial purchase to service and renewal.
  • Growth of the company’s customer-facing teams to meet the increasing demand for Hi Marley’s platform.
  • Continued build-out of Hi Marley’s portfolio of APIs and partnerships with industry leading platforms like Guidewire.

“Boston is filled with passionate, creative founders and Hi Marley is no exception,” said Lily Lyman, Partner at Underscore VC in commenting on the latest funding round. “Their focus on innovation within the insurance industry will have dramatic, positive effects on insurance companies and their customers, and Underscore is excited to have been on this journey with Hi Marley from its earliest stage.”

“Hi Marley is solving a fundamental problem with the way insurance carriers interact with their insureds,” said Puneet Agarwal, partner at True Ventures. “The deep industry expertise of the Hi Marley team combined with their aspiration to change the way people experience and think about insurance makes it the type of market-changing company with whom we’re excited to partner and proud to back.”

Officially launched in 2017, Hi Marley has grown quickly partnering with local insurers such as Plymouth Rock. According to Mary Boyd, President and CEO, Plymouth Rock Assurance “The Hi Marley platform is helping our insurance business level-up to, and even exceed, the expectations of our customers that are used to mobile-enabled experience in most other aspects of their life. Combining Hi Marley’s technology and the Plymouth Rock brand of uniquely human service, we are delivering proof that by meeting customers where they are and offering satisfying service, we can build a stronger business.”


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More about Hi Marley, Inc.

Hi Marley is an intelligent, text-based messaging platform that helps insurers and their partners seamlessly connect with customers the way they prefer to communicate, and simplify transactions across claims, service and underwriting. Hi Marley is also enabling new use cases around customer engagement and retention. This includes two-way mass-communication to support announcements related to the pandemic, such as notifying customers of premium relief credits and billing options.

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