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Lireas is a leading investment company with a specific focus on insurance and insurance technology investments. We have a track record of over 35 years investing in start-ups and existing businesses requiring growth funding or new partners. We share the same values and strategic direction with our long term shareholder Hannover Reinsurance Group Africa. We invest in people and not just elaborate business plans and highly value long term and mutually beneficial partnerships.

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What We Do

Lireas provides start up, acquisition and expansion capital to traditional and technology driven insurance businesses using Private Equity, Venture Capital and Debt/Loan structures as required by the business objectives, capital structure and lifecycle stage.

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Access to Risk Carriers

Lireas provides insurance and insurance technology businesses with access to a number of carefully selected local insurance licence partners, as well as reinsurance capacity via Hannover Re. The global Hannover Re network opens doors to both local and international insurance licences, risk capital as well as product development assistance for our partners.

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Strategic & Operational Support

Lireas provides strategic, operational and corporate governance support to its business partners as well as an ecosystem of various potential co-investors, markets, distribution partners as well as technical specialists via its local and global Hannover Re network.

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