Draivn
New York, US · Founded 2022 · Delaware corporation · 10 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Draivn provides a data platform API that converts fleet telematics into validated risk exposure for insurers, brokers, and fleet operators in the insurance industry.
Also known as Draivn Inc.
Founders & leadership
Draivn was founded in 2022 by Felix Kühlmann.
Investors · 2
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$3.2M disclosed across 1 round · 2023
▶$3.2MraisedMay 2024 · 11 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Zakhar PaliatayeuExecutive Officer, Director
- Cris CondeDirector
- Aliaksandr ZhykhExecutive Officer, Director
- Felix KuhlmannExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $4M
- Amount sold
- $3.2M
- First sale
- Dec 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Draivn operates a data platform for commercial auto insurance that collects raw telematics from fleet vehicles and converts it into standardized, validated risk exposure that can be used in underwriting, portfolio management, loss control and claims workflows. Fleets connect their existing telematics systems through a secure invite from their broker or insurer; Draivn manages permissions, consent lifecycle and compliance so data can be shared between fleets, brokers and insurers. The company states it ingests data from more than 300 telematics service providers, then validates, standardizes and enriches it, delivering insurance-ready exposure data within 24 hours.
The platform is packaged for three constituencies. For insurers and MGAs, it supports risk selection and pricing, proactive portfolio monitoring and claims evidence. For brokers, it provides verified risk profiles and peer benchmarks to strengthen submissions, support in-term advisory and improve renewal retention. For fleet operators, it aims to have measured safety performance reflected in pricing and program terms. Draivn states it does not sell data to third parties and that sharing occurs only under fleet consent, with enterprise-grade security and access controls.
Earlier coverage described Draivn as an open mobility platform for connected fleet insurance built on a data source-agnostic architecture that ingests data from any telematics or IoT device on a fleet vehicle and converts it into real-time analytics for fleet insurers and brokers.
Founding story
Draivn was founded by a team that had worked with insurers, brokers and fleets and cites first-hand experience of incomplete and outdated data, manual processes and inefficient communication in fleet insurance. Contemporary 2022 coverage described the company as founded in 2020 by Alexander Zhykh (CEO) and Zahar Poletaev (CPO) with the aim of democratizing mobility data, and headquartered at that time in The Hague, Netherlands.
Business model
Draivn sits between fleets and the insurance value chain as a B2B data infrastructure provider: fleets connect telematics accounts, and Draivn delivers validated exposure, vehicle, driver and benchmark data into insurer, MGA and broker workflows via its platform and API. The company positions its output as consistent, insurance-ready data rather than a resale of raw telematics, and states it does not sell data to third parties.
Traction
Draivn states it is used by insurers, MGAs and brokers across North America. Named deployments include support for the launch of Forge Insurance's commercial auto program for small fleets and work with Aviva Canada on a commercial auto program for safety-focused fleets. It was selected for the 2022 FinTech Innovation Lab New York cohort, chosen from nearly 200 global applicants.
Latest developments
Recent company posts describe support for the launch of Forge Insurance's commercial auto program for small fleets, a program with Aviva Canada rewarding safety-focused fleets, and new telematics partnerships with BrickHouse GPS, Linxup, GPSTab, FleetHunt Technologies and Genuine Tracking Solutions, plus a joint initiative with Bluewire targeting unrated commercial trucking carriers.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Draivn addresses commercial auto insurance, a line the company characterizes as having sustained combined ratios above 100 for more than a decade due to social inflation, rising claim severity and exposure complexity, while telematics data generated by fleets rarely reaches underwriting decisions. It claims integrations with over 300 telematics service providers covering more than 95% of commercial vehicles in North America, and membership in three insurtech networks (FinTech Innovation Lab New York, Plug and Play, InsurTech Hartford).
The company emphasizes breadth of telematics connectivity, multi-stage validation for consistency, completeness, timeliness and accuracy, consent-based data governance with no third-party data sales, and delivery of exposure data directly into existing insurance workflows rather than as a standalone dashboard.
Technology
A multi-stage data pipeline ingests raw feeds from 300+ telematics and IoT systems and validates, standardizes and enriches them into structured exposure records (fields such as maximum speed, policy ID, DOT number, vehicle class, trip distance and possible-crash indicators), with output available within 24 hours. Consent, permission and data-sharing management is built in. The platform runs on AWS and incorporates TomTom commercial vehicle maps and contextual data; Milliman's AccuRate Fleet score is embedded in the Draivn Visibility product, and Bluewire's severity analytics complements frequency-based risk models.
Go-to-market
Distribution is largely intermediated: brokers and insurers invite their fleet clients to connect telematics, and Draivn additionally builds partnerships with telematics service providers (including BrickHouse GPS, Linxup, GPSTab, FleetHunt Technologies and Genuine Tracking Solutions) and with analytics and data providers (Milliman, Bluewire, Carrier Software, TomTom). Prospects are engaged through a contact/ROI-estimate request flow on the company site, plus insurtech networks including FinTech Innovation Lab New York, Plug and Play and InsurTech Hartford.
Commercial auto insurers, MGAs, insurance brokers and commercial fleet operators, primarily in North America.
Geography
Headquartered in New York (5 Union Sq W, Manhattan); customers and telematics coverage focused on North America, including Canada via work with Aviva Canada. Earlier coverage placed the company's headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.
History
The company was reported in April 2022 as a participant in the 2022 FinTech Innovation Lab New York, a 12-week Accenture and Partnership Fund for New York City accelerator, at which point it was described as a Hague-based open mobility platform for connected fleet insurance. It has since been listed at a Manhattan, New York address and has narrowed its positioning to validated telematics-based risk exposure for commercial auto insurance, adding partnerships with telematics providers and analytics vendors and product lines spanning underwriting, portfolio management, loss control and claims (including EZ Claims and Draivn Visibility).
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Key figures
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Timeline · 12
launches, deals, and filingsDraivn worked with Aviva Canada to build a commercial auto insurance program giving safety-focused fleets better terms.
Bluewire's AI-based severity analytics is combined with Draivn's frequency-based exposure data; the companies jointly announced an initiative aimed at eliminating unrated carriers in commercial trucking.
Telematics partnership with fleet technology provider BrickHouse GPS.
Carrier Software's data analysis tools for motor carriers are combined with Draivn telematics to deliver a view of risk incorporating FMCSA insights.
Partnership with FleetHunt Technologies to deliver telematics-based insurance value to its customers.
Partnership with GPSTab to improve insurance outcomes for its fleet customers.
Telematics partnership with Genuine Tracking Solutions.
Partnership with telematics provider Linxup to bring fleet data into insurance decisions.
Milliman's AccuRate Fleet score is made available inside Draivn Visibility so insurers can use the actuarially validated risk model in underwriting workflows.
Draivn supported the launch of Forge Insurance's new commercial auto program for small fleets.
Draivn uses TomTom's AI-validated commercial vehicle maps and contextual data for underwriting, risk assessment, monitoring and claims.
Draivn was named one of ten startups chosen from nearly 200 global applicants for the 2022 FinTech Innovation Lab New York, a 12-week accelerator run by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City.
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corporate structure▸Research sources · 7
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Draivn do?
- Draivn turns fleet telematics into validated risk exposure data for commercial auto insurers, MGAs, brokers and fleet operators.
- Who founded Draivn?
- Draivn was founded by Felix Kühlmann in 2022.
- Who are Draivn's investors?
- Draivn's investors include Rho Capital Partners, Rho Ventures.
- How much funding has Draivn raised?
- Draivn has disclosed $3.2M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Draivn headquartered?
- Draivn is headquartered in New York, US.