Insuring the Digital Asset, AI, & Machine Economy
1B is building the specialty insurance infrastructure for the Digital Asset, AI & Machine Economy. We develop insurance products for emerging technology risks that traditional coverage and underwriting models were not designed to address, from digital assets and tokenized finance to AI and autonomous machines. Combining specialty insurance expertise with trusted data, risk intelligence and embedded distribution, 1B is building toward an infrastructure where risk can be assessed, priced and insured at the point of activity.
Technology is creating new categories of risk faster than traditional insurance can adapt. Digital assets, tokenized finance, AI and autonomous machines introduce dynamic, technology-native exposures that conventional products, underwriting processes and historical datasets were not designed to address. The result is a growing protection gap precisely where economic activity is becoming more digital, automated and autonomous.
1B builds specialty insurance products and infrastructure for these emerging risks. We combine insurance expertise with trusted data, real-time risk intelligence and embedded distribution to make complex technology risks measurable and insurable. Starting with digital assets and tokenized finance, 1B is extending this model into AI and autonomous machines, moving insurance from static, retrospective coverage toward continuous protection embedded at the point of risk.
Our vision
Make insurance a native layer of the Digital Asset, AI & Machine Economy, where risk is understood continuously and protection can be embedded, priced and activated at the point of activity.
Seed · Raising
Invested CHF 0Committed CHF 2.5M
1B is raising CHF 5m in a seed round. The capital gives 1B a 24-month runway, designed to secure the carrier relationship, run the first pilot, and move from licence-readiness to booked premium. Hereby, based on LOIs and embedded distribution partnerships 2027 has the aim of 10m + in booked premium with a 2x plus growth rate.
Instrument:
SAFE / CLA with a valuation agreed with our 2.5m lead investor, converting at the next qualified round. This keeps the round fast and lean, avoids a hard valuation negotiation at seed, and rewards early investors through the cap.
Use of proceeds (24 months):
Carrier & capacity, build the carrier / reinsurance relationship, actuarial and underwriting governance, and regulatory grounding of the binding chain
Pilot & product, run the first exchange pilot (T-Sure), finalise policy wordings across the four markets, and embed the Hacken verification layer into underwriting
Akin Båmstedt
CEO at 1B Assurance AG | Fintech, Insurance, Web3 & Institutional Infrastructure | Angel Investor
Amir Sultan Malik Awan
Co-Founder & CSO
Co-Founder at 1B Assurance AG / Co-Founder & CEO at Rocket Blockchain | Merge Capital Ventures (MCV) Inc.
35% Product & Risk Infrastructure: Build the 1B Risk OS, underwriting intelligence, embedded insurance infrastructure and data integrations.
25% Insurance Capacity & Product Expansion: Expand underwriting programs and insurance products across Digital Assets, Tokenized Finance, AI and Machine risks.
20% Distribution & Market Expansion: Convert the existing pipeline, deepen institutional channels and scale embedded distribution.
15% Regulatory, Operations & Key Hires: Build the insurance, actuarial, compliance and operating capabilities required to scale.
5% Strategic Reserve: Select partnerships, pilots and execution contingencies.
Regulated EEA buyers requiring Article 67 cover (Aug 2026)
~325 · Named CASPs on the ESMA register
Distributor/tech-verification partner · 1,700+ audits completed
$430bn+ · On-chain assets verified by Hacken
LOI signed
The Time Is Now
<1% · Of digital assets & autonomous systems are insured today
Validated demand, not hypothetical (AM Best)
42% · Of uninsured holders would buy cover
Recovery collapsed to 0.4% — the pain is current (Chainalysis)
$3.4bn · Stolen in digital-asset attacks in 2025
BaFin-supervised MGA in Bremen, binding authority in place
Day 1 · Licence-ready to bind EU risk
Final steps with multiple major insurance companies
What this company builds.
Article 67 professional-indemnity cover for MiCA-licensed CASPs.
~325 CASPs on the ESMA register
mouse-pointer- execution with one click. → Cover in one click, before the trade
LOI with BITGET, leading web3 exchange
Settlement-integrity protection for tokenised real-world assets.
Strategic partnership with KraneShares ($10bn AUM)
Covers the integrity of a regulated stablecoin's redemption pathway.
Strategic partnership with Krane for stablecoin redemption
One operational insurance package for exchanges and fintechs D&O, cyber, technical, liability.
Distribution through leading broker networks
AI, web2, & on-chain audit, proof-of-reserves and independent loss verification built into underwriting, allowing for real time insurance data and risk management.
1,700+ audits · $430bn+ verified on-chain
Underwriting data for real time and object oriented insurance data and risk management.
6m machines connected to Peaq`s Robotics Operating System.
Total addressable market
$100bn plus
Long-term specialty insurance opportunity across Digital Assets, AI & autonomous machines
Serviceable market
$10bn plus
Near-to-medium-term premium opportunity across digital assets, tokenized finance, AI & machine risks
Why now
Regulation is creating mandatory demand - MiCA is moving European digital-asset firms into regulated financial infrastructure, increasing requirements for professional indemnity, operational resilienc
Trillions are moving on-chain - Stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets are moving institutional financial activity on-chain, creating technology, settlement and operational risks conventional ins
AI is becoming physical - AI is moving from software into autonomous agents, robots and machines—creating new liability, cyber, operational and performance risks that require continuous, data-driven u
Growth metrics and market validation.
Signed LOIs / pilot commitments
11 Lois and pilot with the largest German insurance
