Cuvva

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Cuvva is a Scottish fintech start up using software to offer car insurance over flexible time periods. The company sells hourly insurance through its app in a move designed to appeal to infrequent drivers. The company was founded by James Billingham and Freddy Macnamara. As of April 2017, the app had over 100,000 downloads.

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Concept

Macnamara has said that the company was inspired by a 2013 conversation in a bar where he commented to a friend that "It was ridiculous that you couldn't borrow a car for an hour, because of the difficulty of getting short-term cover [...] I could order an Uber or a Deliveroo to my house, but I couldn't buy insurance for a short period quickly."

The company's business strategy is designed to offer an alternative to annual insurance to drivers who cover fewer than 4,000 miles per year. As opposed to paying a flat annual rate, customers pay a monthly fee and top up with hours of premium insurance. Traditional short term car insurance policies offer a minimum time range of 24 hours. The company takes commission and fees on every cover sold.

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Funding

The company raised over £2 million in funding since 2014 from various investors including Techstars Ventures, Tekton Ventures, Seedcamp, Nick Hungerford (founder of Nutmeg) and Ian Hogarth (founder of SongKick).