Riovic

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Riovic Capital Group
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FoundedJanuary 2015
Headquarters Johannesburg
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Industry Financial technology
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URL https://riovic.com
Current statusActive

Riovic Capital Group, or simply Riovic, is a financial technology and investment company that specializes in emerging technologies. [1]

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The company entered the market as an insurance technology platform that connected private investors with insurance seekers, allowing the investors to backstop claims in exchange for premiums, but expanded to other areas in financial technology. [2] [3] [4]

In September 2015 the company officially launched a money transfer service called RiovicPay to help people access cross-border money remittance services on holidays and after hours. [5] The service was rebranded to AfricanRemit. It then released its AI-powered on-demand platform for financial services, labeled the Uber of Finance, in November 2015. [6] [7] [8] The platform provided financial advisers, crowd investing and Peer-to-peer insurance. [9] [10]

In 2016 the company was labelled the Lloyd's of FinTech and successfully launched this revised model to eliminate insurance companies in the insurance value by directly connecting brokers and consumers with risk capital. [11] Also labelled the "Uber of Insurance", Riovic pioneered "private investor backed insurance" where a private investor (or group of private investors) essentially steps into the financial shoes of the insurer, accepting a stream of certain cash flows in exchange for an uncertain future liability. [2] Riovic acquired a minority stake in New Zealand's PeerCover in February 2016. [12]

Riovic was admitted into RMIH Alphacode, an incubator for next generation financial services companies (similar to Level39) in 2015. [13] It was also part of the first batches of Facebook FBStart, Microsoft for Startups, IBM Global Entrepreneurs and Google Launchpad. [2] [14]

In April 2016, it got nominated as the only insurtech company in the African FinTech Awards and also go listed on the African FinTech 100 list. [15] [16] [ better source needed ]

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