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Cuvva

“Can an app-native short-term insurance brand extend into annual policies and embedded premium finance without losing its flexibility-first identity?”

Founded2015
HQLondon, United Kingdom
FoundersFreddy Macnamara
Total raised$22.1M
Latest roundSeries A, 2019
IndustryFintech / Insurtech
The story

Cuvva launched in 2016 as the UK's first app-based hourly car insurance provider, targeting infrequent drivers and car borrowers. It expanded to monthly pay-as-you-go cover in 2017 and, after its 2019 Series A, moved into annual policies alongside its core short-term product. The most recent evolution is embedding premium finance (via PremFina) directly in-app to help customers spread annual premiums — a classic insurtech-into-embedded-lending expansion.

Last 12 months
2026-04
Product timeline
2016
Launched as first UK app to sell hourly/short-term car insurance· pivot
2017
Launched pay-as-you-go car insurance for infrequent drivers with monthly subscription + hourly top-ups· banking
2019
Raised £15M Series A led by RTP Global to launch flexible monthly car insurance· banking
2026
Partnered with PremFina on a three-year agreement to embed premium finance for annual policies· lending
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by Cuvva
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
3 layers disclosed in Cuvva’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe
Lending
in the full report
KYC
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
5 more providers across 2 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.