"All things disruptive" with a focus on Fintech, Insurtech and Telco.
With a competency in “all things disruptive”, we focus on the broader Fintech, Insurtech and Telco sectors, where we have a deep knowledge of the ecosystems, structures, trends, value drivers, underlying technology and where we have senior relationships with key decision makers.
Fintech
Our coverage of Fintech includes the Payments, Banking, Alternative Lending, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, SME, Regulatory (Regtech) and Property (Proptech) sectors.
We have a strong focus on Payments including all types of mobile payments such as P2P, in-app commerce, virtual goods, MPOS, card-based solutions, NFC and contactless, mobile money, international transfers and remittances, carrier billing, micro-payments and payment/multi-purpose wallets.
We work with a range of companies from the card networks through to platform-as-a-service and niche API based service providers.
Insurtech
Our coverage of Insurtech includes companies with enabling technologies, business models and/or platforms that can transform or improve efficiencies in functions such as pricing, user acquisition, marketing, policy administration, brokering and claims for the insurance industry.
We also cover new and incumbent players in the insurance value chain from brokers, MGAs, insurance companies to reinsurers in both B2B and D2C (Direct to Consumer). Our main focus has been in Commercial and P&C insurance, including motor, household, gadget and niche products.
The Corniche partners were interviewed in May 2021 by Insurtech UK Council member, Jonathan Valentine, who also talks about his experience as a client of Corniche.
Corniche Growth Advisors is the Transaction Advisory Partner to Insurtech UK, the trade association for the community of Insurtech startups in the UK, with over 100 members, and with its mission to transform the insurance industry through the use of technology, and to make the UK the global leader for insurance innovation.
Telco
Our coverage of Telco relates to all aspects of the Telco ecosystems, including growth strategies and strategic business development opportunities to operators and their partners that seek to sell to, or sell through operators, including infrastructure providers, interconnect partners, OSS/BSS providers, managed services providers, equipment vendors and value-added service providers in both the enterprise and consumer segments.
We also cover the mobile device ecosystem including vendors, mobile apps and their supply chain such as semi-conductors and displays.
We cover cross-sector themes such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and many others.
We cover various horizontal themes that span virtually every tech sector where we see the competitive edge that these themes bring to a particular value proposition or go-to-market strategy, and in these cases may engage in other sectors such as Medtech, Mobility etc.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI is permeating every possible application in every sector and includes the main areas of machine learning (including deep learning), natural language processing and image recognition/vision.
Our coverage spans specialist AI and data analytics companies, AI-first companies that built themselves on AI technologies, and incumbent companies (from insurance through to industrial companies) that are leveraging AI technologies.
Internet of Things (IoT)
Our coverage includes businesses involved in all aspects of the IoT technology stack such as optimised M2M connectivity platforms, cloud hosting providers, smart devices & embedded software and security, their components & platforms, software developer ecosystems and data analytics.
It also includes companies in segments leveraging IoT for growth and efficiency, such as in real estate/facilities management (PropTech), the Smart Home, Connected Vehicles, and other industries.
Other themes
There are many other themes that cut across sectors such as Software as a Service (SaaS) Platforms, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR), biometrics for identification and authentication, cybersecurity and privacy, blockchain, and even neural interfaces (machine interfaces direct to the brain.)
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