Dave Insull
Investor at HealthNow
Dave Insull
Investor at HealthNow
Napier, Hawke's Bay
Overview
Work Experience
Fellow at Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)
2020
Honoured and humbled to join EHF - collaborating with fellow high impact humans - making a sustainable difference for the world, from Aotearoa, NZ https://www.ehf.org/fellow-detail?fellow=Dave-Insull
Investor & GM Sales
2023
It's with great enthusiasm that I join HealthNow to further it's ambitious global platform to make healthcare more accessible and equitable. Having worked with HealthNow as an investor and advisor over the last 18 months I am excited to help supercharge growth and scaleability of the product as part of the leadership team!
Partnerships Director (Asia Pacific) at Cover Genius
2018 - 2022
Managing the business development and partnerships function for Cover Genius cornerstone insurtech product RentalCover.com. Asia Pacific focus growing Cover Genius' XCover Platform, enabling the world's largest e-commerce companies to design and distribute insurance products in the shopping cart.
Partnerships Director (UK & EU)- One of Europe's Fastest Growing InsurTech Startups
2016 - 2022
What am I doing? I’m working with world-class software engineers, leading innovators from the insurance industry and founders who have come from Google and Yahoo! and am tasked with expanding out partnerships across Europe and then North America. This includes responsibility for the overall management of all Strategic and Operational Customer Relationship activities and owning the management of the technology sales functions of the business. As the business expands, I will also tackle penetration of new markets whilst managing sales objectives, strategies, promotional programs to ensure execution. Why am I Excited about InsurTech?! Insurance is a highly antiquated, regulated, and entrenched industry, which make it both appealing and problematic for startups. VCs and entrepreneurs see three key problems in the insurance world that make it ripe for a shakeup, First, it’s a simply massive market. Second, it’s broken—the business model focuses on eliminating risk, not helping customers when they need it. And, lastly, it’s remains untouched. At its core, insurance today is similar to how it was 50 years ago. #Opportunity #Disruption #InsTech __________ We apply patent-pending technology and multivariate testing to optimise the profitability of insurance as an ancillary revenue line. Our first brand is RentalCover.com, a specialist distributor of car rental insurance. Our clients are the largest online travel agents (OTAs) globally. http://www.CoverGenius.biz http://RentalCover.com Interested in selling insurance on your site? Email partnerships@covergenius.biz
Co-Founder & Venture Partner
2019 - 2022
We are a community-powered, industry agnostic VC fund investing in Australian and New Zealand based startups that have $100m+ revenue ambition. We invest at the earliest stages, once you’re ready to turn “after work” into “work work”. Our investment process is imbued with a deep respect for founders’ time, intel, and courage. Founders are frequently subject to hellish, drawn-out due diligence processes, only to be unceremoniously knocked back despite their best efforts. We made a commitment to turn up for founders, and have designed a highly transparent process which adds value at every step. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long and arduous journey from improbability to outlier success. Our hivemind is our bedrock and our edge.
Australia Country Manager & Growth Director
2012 - 2015
Responsible for establishing the Australian office in Sydney. We have hired a global team of experts and are producing Hero, Hub and Hygiene video content strategies for some of the world's biggest brands. ANZ | Microsoft | Virgin | PayPal | BHP | Rio Tinto | Uber | Barclays | NAB | McDonalds | M&C Saatchi | Fairfax | Google | HBF | Bupa | Xero | Intuit | Kathmandu | Vend | Air New Zealand | Draft FCB | Sony Here's an NZ Herald article detailing the Australia market entry strategy so far - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11458423 Here's our CEO on CNBC Asia recently - http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000389879
General Manager (NZ)
2011 - 2012
Managed the NZ based 90 Seconds team while the CEO was abroad starting and supporting new markets. Ensured sales targets were set and met whilst overseeing elements of production to ensure service delivery quality.
Sales Manager
2010 - 2011
As part of the founding 90 Seconds team, I was responsible for finding and securing initial projects, clients and revenue during the startup phase.
Web Consultant
2010 - 2011
Auckland based web consultant.. www.webgenius.co.nz Through a combination of original formulas and software, Web Genius helps small businesses to harness the amazing marketing power of the internet. This involves creating websites and web marketing solutions to help business find new customers and to increase the level of repeat business they get from existing customers.
Barrister and Solicitor
2007 - 2009
Commercial Lawyer.. www.martellimckegg.co.nz Martelli McKegg is a busy medium sized Auckland firm. Drafting commercial contracts, incorporating companies and advising on business structuring. Reviewing and drafting company constitutions, shareholder agreements, employee share schemes and powers of attorney. Reviewing and drafting employee agreements, terms and conditions, heads of agreement, licensing and distribution agreements. Reviewing and filing prospectus and information memorandums. Acting for bank and borrower in financing transactions and preparing and reviewing commercial leases.