Studios
Accelerating the next generation of innovation within the Insurtech, Mobility, and Risk-adjacent sectors.
Resources for Innovation
Avanta Studios offers a customized approach to helping startups reach their milestones and growth. The Avanta Studios program enables startups to partner with Avanta Ventures and CSAA Insurance Group to jointly explore new markets, business models, and technologies. By joining the Avanta Studios community, you will gain valuable insights through direct access to well-established relationships within the Insurance and Mobility ecosystems.
Who Should Apply
If you’re innovating in any of the below sectors, you should apply.

Insurtech
Leveraging disruptive technologies to create customer-centric insurance solutions
Key Areas:
Alternative Distribution
AgentTech/BrokerTech
Big Data & Applied AI
Straight Through Underwriting
New Insurance Products
Claims Enhancement & Automation
Embedded Insurance



Mobility
Reinventing personal and commercial mobility through new data, connectivity, and platform technologies
Key Areas:
Vehicle Data Platforms
Logistics and Fleet Management
Supply Chain Technologies
New Ownership and Purchasing Models
Autonomy and Electrification Solutions
Smart City Systems and Applications



Risk-Adjacencies
Adjacent sectors that share key attributes of insurance and risk management
Key Areas:
Fintech
Applied AI and AI Solutions
Cybersecurity
IoT - Connected Home
PropTech



Insurtech
Leveraging disruptive technologies to create customer-centric insurance solutions



Mobility
Reinventing personal and commercial mobility through new data, connectivity, and platform technologies



Risk-Adjacencies
Adjacent sectors that share key attributes of insurance and risk management
What We Offer
Customized Growth
As a rolling program, we offer a highly customized community of quality founders and mentors to help you scale your company. We will work with each team to set milestones and keep you accountable on your top priorities for growth. Avanta Studios hosts monthly expert office hours, team standups, and seminars that are built to address your specific challenges and needs.
Data Sandbox (Coming Soon)
Avanta Studios provides access to our anonymized insurance data sandbox to startups accepted into the program. This highly proprietary data can be used to train AI-models in the Insurtech space. There are currently no other programs offering this amount and type of data for the insurance industry.
Investor Showcase
We are committed to supporting each Avanta Studios team with their fundraising strategy. Our goal is to help elevate your startup to be eligible for funding, both externally from leading venture capitalists and internally from Avanta Ventures. We host bi-annual Investor Showcases where teams who have been in the program for at least 3 months can pitch to carefully curated groups of Angels and VCs. We will also make 1:1 introductions to relevant investors that are part of our ecosystem to help establish relationships for fundraising purposes.
Mentorship & Community
Avanta Studios has developed a customized network of industry and domain experts to help your startup thrive. We will match you with mentors with expertise in your specific pain points and can assist you with growth strategies. Form lasting bonds and networks by joining an exclusive community of exceptional founders who understand your industry requirements.
Office Space & Resources
Get access to modern workspace, professional meeting rooms, and a state-of-the-art event facility in the heart of Silicon Valley (Mountain View, CA). You will also gain access to discounts and benefits through our network of technology and service partners.
*Given the current global response in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, the Avanta Ventures office is closed and all Studios programming will be conducted virtually until it is otherwise safe to reopen. Once shelter in place restrictions have been lifted, and in accordance with CSAA IG corporate guidelines, the office will be accessible once again for use by Studios Companies.
How It Works
Studios Mentors
Studios Companies
Fridgio is a SaaS marketplace connecting shippers to refrigerated logistics on-demand
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Gigaforce is a patent-pending SaaS-based platform designed to expedite complex Subrogation and Recovery claims processing in the insurance industry.
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MotorDNA’s analytics-ready platform includes the most comprehensive repository of original vehicle build specifications along with a Vehicle IQ ® Score as a measure of the relative intelligence built into each unit.
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Otonomi is a blockchain-enabled parametric MGA platform that transforms cargo insurance policies into fast, cost-effective, and transparent digital products
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Staax is a social investment payments platform, which makes building wealth via investing in shares of stock as easy as receiving payment
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