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Funding and backers

Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
4
Plug and Play, Y Combinator
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 10, 2022 Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Curacel (YC W22) Plaid for Insurance in Africa Jan 2022 Went through Y Combinator 2017 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.14%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Launched on Hacker News
3 points
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Overview

Curacel is a Lagos insurtech founded in 2017 that provides claims automation and distribution infrastructure for insurers. Its API lets banks, fintechs and retailers embed insurance products into their own apps. The company works with insurance carriers in Nigeria, Ghana and other African markets.

News

News LEADERSHIP Newspapers 3 years ago
Curacel Secures $3m Fund To Power New Tech In African Insurance Sector
Africa's insurance infrastructure provider, Curacel, has raised $3 million in seed funding to roll out new technology solutions designed to power the next
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Nigeria's Curacel raises funding to power insurance offerings and expand into North Africa
Investors in Curacel's $3 million seed round include Tencent, YC and AAF Management and Elefund (investors in New York-based insurtech Sure).
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News TechCrunch 4 years ago
YC-backed Curacel unveils new API platform that enables tech-led businesses to offer insurance
Curacel, the YC-backed startup that is developing insurance infrastructure for the African market, has launched a new interface that allows digital
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News Nairametrics 5 years ago
4 startups driving insurance adoption through tech
Nigerian Insurance Industry's gross premium income (GPI) grew by 15% year-on-year to 592.3 billion in the financial year ended 31 December 2020.
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News Bizcommunity 7 years ago
Curacel is tackling fraud in healthcare insurance
Curacel is a Nigerian startup that aims to fast track claims processing and detects fraudulent claims for health insurance companies in Africa.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Curacel over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
85/100
Practices & domains
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$18k
Typical range
$12k – $24k
Open positions
2
2 Jobs
Middle 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 2 $18k $12k – $24k
Highest paying role Enterprise Account Executive - New (AI Pilled) $24k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
31/100
Slowing
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Lagos
Lagos Nigeria
HQ
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff $18k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026