Everyone knows Luko, the startup that revolutionized home insurance. For this new issue of So Biz, we met Benoît Bourdel, its co-founder and today CTO. He looks back on his journey, the unusual event which led to the creation of Luko, his meeting with his partner and the future of a young up-and-coming company.
Did you know that? Originally, Luko was not the startup specializing in home insurance that we know, but an energy monitoring sensor project. Yes! Luko finds its origins in an event that could have been tragic: a hotplate left on for a whole day by Benoît Bourdel. This situation, which could have led to a fire, made the entrepreneur react and pushed him to get started! The co-founder and CTO of the startup talks to us in detail about these beginnings in this new issue of So Biz.
100,000 members in three years and technological innovations to spare
From a sensor, Luko has become a neo-insurance which has brought together 100,000 members in just three years. The project has also grown significantly and the startup has joined forces with big names like Back Market or Bulb to develop nouveaudepart.eu, the site that supports you during your move. She is also at the initiative of Docteur House, an innovative teleconsultation service allowing you to carry out a diagnosis of your apartment.
Luko is also several fundraising events, including one for 50 million euros. This sum will allow the startup to export to Europe, with the opening of the service in two new countries by the end of the year. The young company intends to develop new projects that Benoît Bourdel talks to us about in our issue of So Biz. The entrepreneur also takes the opportunity to look back on the great successes of this startup which is shaking up the world of insurance.
