WorldCover

Funding platform for global insurance, starting with crop insurance…

Y CombinatorWinter 2016InactiveFintechInsuranceFintechInsurance

What they do

Problem

Smallholder farmers in developing countries lack affordable natural-disaster insurance, leaving them financially vulnerable to crop failures and income shocks.

Solution

WorldCover provides a peer-to-peer investment platform that funds microinsurance (starting with crop insurance) for low-income farmers, delivering impact and uncorrelated returns to investors.

Who it's for

Investors seeking impact and uncorrelated returns and smallholder farmers in developing countries who need crop and disaster insurance.