Cytora, the leading digital risk processing platform, has partnered with data intelligence platform dataplor. The integration will enable property insurance underwriters to instantly gain access to a vast repository of comprehensive location data via Cytora’s platform. This will enable underwriters to make faster and more accurate risk assessments. Dataplor’s intelligence is human-reviewed and covers over a quarter of a billion locations across 200 countries and territories. The data provided is also updated in near real-time, making it ideal for insurers seeking to respond to the increasingly dynamic and complex property insurance market. Insurers will be able to operationalize this data more broadly across their lines of business (including risk clearance, onboarding, and triage) and more effectively through their multi-step workflows from submission to quote

By Riley KaminerDo you ever walk by a restaurant or store in Miami and wonder, “what’s up with that place?” Maybe it’s a huge location that’s always empty or a hole in the wall that is always at max capacity.If, so you’re not the only one. In fact, this is a particularly big deal for businesses that want to gain market insights, including into their competitors.“Company 10-Ks are always six months late, so it’s hard to know if a company, for example, Starbucks, what their open or close rates are,” Dataplor founder and CEO Geoffrey Michener told TechCrunch. “Other companies also want to know if one of their competitors closed or what the other businesses around there [are] so they can see if they can put a location there. We are trying to empower their decision-making.”Boca Raton-based Dataplor has developed a platform to provide what it calls “global location intelligence” – insights into what business is happening where. And the scale is massive: they have location data covering more than 300 million point of interest records from 15,000 brands across 200 countries. Dataplor, which was founded in 2016, already has traction, having more than doubled revenue every year since 2020 on top of being profitable. To further accelerate this growth, Dataplor has raised a $10.6 million Series A. Spark Capital led the round alongside fellow participants Quest Venture Partners, Acronym Venture Capital, Circadian Ventures, Two Lanterns Venture Partners and APA Venture Partners