Tag: Abhishek Poddar

Plum appoints Disney Star’s Sasha Abraham as its Head of Brand

Plum, an employee health insurance platform, announces the appointment of Sasha Abraham, as its Head of Brand. Sasha comes with over 13 years of diverse experience in the US, UK and India, driving marketing efforts for brands like Betty Crocker and the NFL. More recently, Sasha was the Marketing lead for Women’s Cricket and International Sports at…

Plum appoints Mukul Kanchan as its Head of Finance

Plum, an employee health insurance platform, has appointed Mukul Kanchan as its Head of Finance. Mukul has assumed charge from June 2022 and will be working closely with the founders to solve complexities as the business scales up at a faster clip. Mukul will support scaling the business with sustainability, building financial prudence and robustness, acquisition…

Plum partners with RazorpayX Payroll to provide group health insurance benefits for startups

Plum, an employee health insurance platform, announced a partnership with RazorpayX,  to provide group health insurance benefits for companies with teams as small as two employees. Due to the low employee count, health insurance is prohibitively expensive and inaccessible for the startup segment. Most insurance providers offer group medical insurance to large enterprises, spreading the…

Plum raises $15.6mn Series A funding led by Tiger Global

Plum, a group health insurance startup aiming to provide accessible and affordable health insurance to millions of Indians, has raised a $15.6mn  Series A led by Tiger Global with participation from earlier investors – Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Tanglin Venture Partners, Incubate Fund and Gemba Capital. Angel investors in this round include Kunal Shah (founder, Cred),…

Health insurance startup Plum raises funding led by Sequoia’s Surge

Bengaluru based group health insurance startup Plum has raised slightly over Rs 30 crore (approximately $4.04 million) in funding, according to a report. The company has raised funds from Sequoia’s Surge, the accelerator and early-stage investment programme of marquee venture capital firm Sequoia, Entrackr reported. Other participants include IF India Partnership, Tanglin Ventures, AngelList and…