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Monday, March 04 2019 - 22:30
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Shift Technology Lands $60 Million in C-Round
PARIS and BOSTON, March 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

- Led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Funding to Accelerate Mission of Enabling a 
Superior Claims Experience Through the Power of AI

Shift Technology ( 
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), a provider of AI-native solutions for the global insurance industry, today 
announced the company has closed a C-round investment of $60 million, bringing 
total investment in the company to $100 million. Bessemer Venture Partners led 
the round and was joined by previous investors including Accel, General 
Catalyst and Iris Capital. The investment will support the company's expansion, 
bolstering Shift's existing global presence, particularly in the US and 
Japanese markets, as well as R&D and new product development. 

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"We are thrilled to partner with the Shift team. They have built a powerful AI 
platform that is transforming the insurance market and we are confident that 
they are just getting started," explained Charles Birnbaum, partner at Bessemer 
Venture Partners. "The Shift team has already had a great deal of success with 
carriers all over the world and we are excited to support their next phase of 
growth as they help their customers navigate the digital transformation that is 
now in full swing in this industry."

Since its founding in 2014, Shift Technology has experienced exceptional global 
growth. The company's more than 200 employees serve clients across Europe, Asia 
and the Americas from its headquarters in Paris and offices in Boston, Tokyo, 
Toronto, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Singapore and Zurich. 

FORCE ( 
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), Shift's fraud detection solution, is in use by insurers around the world 
across all lines of business. The solution has analyzed hundreds of millions of 
claims to identify potential fraud, giving fraud handlers a powerful 
decision-making platform specifically designed to scale their capacity 
and add greater efficiency to claims processing. 

This new funding will support continued evolution of Shift's fraud detection 
solutions and enable the company to accelerate product development focused on 
automating the entire claims process for carriers and their customers. Shift 
will provide a claims automation solution that mitigates the increased fraud 
risks and other unique challenges of high volume, low-touch claims analysis. 
This will enable carriers to provide an exceptional customer experience by 
confidently delivering straight through processing at greater scale than 
previously possible. AXA Spain, a long-time Shift client and early adopter of 
the company's solutions, is already benefiting from Shift's innovations in the 
claim automation space.

In addition to supporting new product innovation, this latest funding round 
will be used to drive go-to-market strategies in key geographies. The company 
is expanding its US headquarters in Boston and its offices in Tokyo, and plans 
to hire for positions including data scientists, developers, and sales and 
marketing professionals. In just over four years, the company counts many of 
the world's leading insurance brands as clients. These notable companies 
include AG2R LA MONDIALE, CNA Financial Corporation, Credit Agricole Pacifica & 
Spirica, Covéa, Harmonie Mutuelle Groupe VYV, Liberty Mutual, MACIF, MS&AD 
Insurance Group, P&V Group, and the General Insurance Association of Singapore 
and the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers, among more than 70 clients in over 25 
countries.

"I'm incredibly proud of what our team – with the support of an amazing board 
of directors – has been able to accomplish in a relatively short time," stated 
Jeremy Jawish, CEO and co-founder, Shift Technology. "Our AI-native technology 
is helping the world's leading insurance companies inject greater efficiency 
and accuracy into their systems. We're supporting their digital transformation 
strategies and helping them improve customer satisfaction. We strongly believe 
that AI can benefit so many more aspects of the claims process and of the 
insurance policy lifecycle overall. With this investment, we're well positioned 
for our next phase of growth and development." 

About Shift Technology 
Shift Technology delivers the only AI-native fraud detection and claims 
automation solutions built specifically for the global insurance industry. Our 
SaaS solutions identify individual and network fraud with double the accuracy 
of competing offerings, and provide contextual guidance to help insurers 
achieve faster, more accurate claim resolutions. Shift has analyzed hundreds of 
millions of claims to date and was named by CB Insights to the 2018 Global AI 
Top 100. For more information please visit www.shift-technology.com.  

About Bessemer Venture Partners 
Bessemer Venture Partners is the world's most experienced early-stage venture 
capital firm. With a portfolio of more than 200 companies, Bessemer helps 
visionary entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to create companies that matter, 
and supports them through every stage of their growth. The firm has backed more 
than 120 IPOs, including Shopify, Yelp, LinkedIn, Skype, LifeLock, Twilio, 
SendGrid, DocuSign, Wix, and MindBody. Bessemer's 15 partners operate from 
offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Israel, and 
India. For more information, please visit www.bvp.com. 

Contact: 
Shift Technology 
Rob Morton 
Corporate Communications 
rob.morton@shift-technology.com 
617-416-9216

SOURCE  Shift Technology
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