{"podcast":{"title":"Scouting for Growth","slug":"scouting-for-growth-4686831","podcast_index_feed_id":4686831,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/sabinega/feed.xml","website_url":"https://sabinega.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21959862/c84aea4ad531642db775e0d7782c8f77.jpg","author":"Sabine VanderLinden","episode_count":233,"summary":"There are over 180,000 FinTech ventures out there today. My team tracks 7.3 million of them across markets every single week. But the number that matters isn’t the one that’s growing. It’s the one that isn’t. Only 25% of these ventures have secured funding and meaningful backing. The other 75% aren’t just looking for capital. They’re looking for access, credibility, and partnerships with the institutions that can turn a great product into real-world impact. This is Scouting for Growth. I’m Sabine VanderLinden. I lead Alchemy Crew Ventures, and I built the Venture-Client Model for regulated industries... the model where a growth venture earns a corporation as its customer before a VC writes the cheque. When that sequence works, it changes the equation for everyone: founders, corporates, and the investors watching from both sides of the table. Each episode, I bring a founder, an operator, or an institutional leader to the table for the conversation that usually happens behind closed doors: about how corporates really think, how capital really flows, and what it actually takes to build, grow, and scale in a world where the boundaries between FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech, and AI are…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T16:17:45.012213+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831"},"episode":{"title":"David Daiches: Inside INSHUR — From Manhattan Uber Rides to Insuring Autonomous Fleets","slug":"david-daiches-inside-inshur-from-manhattan-uber-rides-to-insuring-autonomous-fleets","published_at":"2026-05-21T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831/david-daiches-inside-inshur-from-manhattan-uber-rides-to-insuring-autonomous-fleets","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831","url":"https://sabinega.podbean.com/e/david-daiches-inside-inshur-%e2%80%94-from-manhattan-uber-rides-to-insuring-autonomous-fleets/","audio_url":"https://cohst.app/pdcst/6K4Q1I/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5m9sp7xgxrz78kdr/260501_SFG_David_Daiches_Inside_INSHUR_From_Manhattan_Uber_Rides_to_Insuring_Autonomous_Fleet_88236w4mj.mp3","summary":"Insurance did not fail the mobility economy because it lacked technology. It failed because it misunderstood behavior. That is the core insight behind this conversation with David Daiches, COO & Co-Founder of INSHUR — the embedded insurance company powering protection for some of the world’s largest on-demand platforms, including Uber, Amazon, and DoorDash. The breakthrough started in Manhattan in 2016. David and his co-founder spent weeks taking short Uber rides across the city asking drivers one question: how do you buy insurance? The answer exposed a major gap. Traditional taxi drivers were comfortable visiting brokers and navigating legacy processes. But Uber drivers lived through their smartphones. Insurance had become a real-time operational dependency — not an annual transaction. That insight became the foundation for INSHUR’s growth into one of the fastest-growing mobility insurers globally, issuing more than one million policies and covering over 25 million Amazon Flex driving hours through its wallet technology. In this episode, David shares the blueprint behind scaling a global insurtech in one of the industry’s most difficult categories: commercial mobility risk. The conversation explores: * Why “fluency over features” became INSHUR’s competitive advantage * How embedded insurance removes friction from platform ecosystems * Why wallet technology transformed pay-as-you-go coverage for gig economy drivers * The operational lessons learned moving from outsourced to in-house claims * Why financial discipline became critical after the “growth at all costs” era * How EVs are reshaping frequency-versus-severity risk models * Why autonomous vehicles represent the hardest liability challenge insurance has ever faced One of the most powerful moments comes when David…","meta_description":"Insurance did not fail the mobility economy because it lacked technology. It failed because it misunderstood behavior. 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