In an effort to feature more insurtechs, Digital Insurance has modified the format of our Meet the insurtech series.
Euan King and Mark Stender, Linqura co-founders, shared the following responses, which have been lightly edited.
What's the origin story of the company?
Linqura was founded to help agents and insurers leverage data to make better insurance decisions. The insurance industry has no shortage of data, but agents and brokers still struggle to place risks efficiently and profitably. The process is slow, manual, and often based on gut instinct rather than precision. We built Linqura to change that. By leveraging AI-driven data intelligence, we give agents instant clarity on specific risks profiles and recommendations needed to close with confidence—removing the guesswork, reducing time wasted on declined submissions, and ultimately increasing agency revenue. When you combine the right data with the right AI, insurance placement stops being a bottleneck and starts being a growth engine.
When was it founded and when was the product launched?
Linqura was founded in 2023, and our AI-driven insurance platform, Linqura AI, soft-launched in October 2024.
Can you tell me about the founders/founding team?
Linqura was co-founded by Mark Stender, and Euan King, insurance executives with over 80 years insurance experience between them. The founding team includes AI specialists with experience in machine learning, data analytics and commercial insurance. Our team combines decades of hands-on insurance expertise with cutting-edge AI innovation.
Any meaning behind the company name?
Linqura is a fusion of "Link" and "Cura", meaning to curate data. Our mission is to seamlessly connect insurers, brokers and agents with the right carriers by intelligently curating vast amounts of insurance data. We don't just provide information—we deliver actionable insights that drive faster, smarter, and more profitable insurance decisions.
How many employees?
14
Where is the company based?
Hartford, Connecticut
What pain points is the technology trying to solve?
Commercial agents lose time and revenue because insurance is too complex. They're expected to be specialists across hundreds of industries, yet the data they need is scattered, outdated or buried in PDFs. This leads to missed opportunities, inefficient sales processes and lower revenue. Linqura's LinqCo-Pilot changes that. It acts as an AI-powered expert, instantly providing agents with the right risk classification, coverage insights, underwriting guidance and business intelligence—turning every agent into a specialist on every account. No more guesswork. No more sifting through carrier guides. Just faster, smarter decisions that drive more commercial revenue.
What funding rounds has the company had?
An Angel Round of $1.5 million and currently raising $2.5 million in pre-seed, with $1 million already committed.
What's ahead?
The first half of 2025 will include many new feature releases, including precision leads, coverage analysis and comparison and LinqConnect, an API integration solution. We're also constantly tweaking our algorithms to improve the quality of responses. We're adding NAICS verification to the platform as well as new AI techniques such as Agentic AI to improve our ability to deliver quality while scaling. These new releases will enhance our business classification capabilities to cover even more U.S. businesses and help us deliver precision, AI-driven insights to agents, so they can become a specialist on every account. These new capabilities will identify new, up-sell and cross-sell opportunities, as well as slash commercial producer follow-ups from five down to one to streamline the sales process and empower agents to close more business, faster.
