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Nirvana Raises $100 Million Series D at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Rebuild Trucking Insurance With AI

Backers cite real-time telematics with machine-learning models that price risk as fleets drive.

Overview

  • Valor Equity Partners led the preemptive round, with Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst increasing their stakes.
  • Nirvana reports underwriting models trained on more than 30 billion driving miles that enable real-time pricing and up to 20% upfront safety discounts.
  • The company says it now serves thousands of motor carriers from owner-operators to large fleets, with premiums doubling year over year and headcount at roughly 200.
  • CEO Rushil Goel says Nirvana now handles 100% of claims in-house and is closing claims within 30 days at about twice the industry average rate.
  • Total funding tops $260 million, marking a sizable raise during a year of sharply lower insurtech investment activity.