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# Howden Ventures
- URL: https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/investors/howden-ventures/
- Published: 2026-10-15T15:16:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T15:16:49.000Z
- Description: Venture arm of insurance group Howden, investing in and building data-led insurtech and underwriting businesses.
- Author: Editorial Desk
- Tags: #ep-investor

![Howden Ventures logo](https://storage.ghost.io/c/05/a4/05a4a052-18ab-4836-8924-ec8b322c371c/content/images/2026/10/howden-ventures-logo.svg) 

Venture arm of insurance group Howden, investing in and building data-led insurtech and underwriting businesses.

- Corporate VC
- London

Type

Corporate VC

Based in

London

Stages

Seed, Series A

Sector focus

Insurtech

Fund size

Undisclosed

Website

[howdengroupholdings.com](https://howdengroupholdings.com/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)

Howden Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Howden, the London-headquartered international insurance broking group. It invests in, and helps build, entrepreneurs using data to create better outcomes for clients and insurers, with a particular focus on data-enriched and digitally enhanced underwriting models such as new managing general agents. Alongside capital, startups gain access to Howden's distribution, industry expertise and underwriting capacity. The unit is co-led by Tom Hoad and Luke Hakes, who joined as a partner in 2025 after more than a decade at Octopus Ventures.

## Team

- **Luke Hakes**, Partner and Co-Head, Howden Ventures [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukehakes/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/howden-insurance/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)

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