Roadzen (NASDAQ: RDZN) plans $15M deal for European rental insurance MGA
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Roadzen Inc., through its 92%-owned India subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Riverside, a European managing general agent focused on short-term car rental insurance. The deal values Riverside at up to £12 million, with £6 million payable at closing and £6 million as a three-year earn-out tied to performance milestones.
The consideration is primarily cash, though two sellers may elect Roadzen India shares based on a valuation of about $280 million. Riverside writes roughly 800,000 policies a year and is expected to generate about $18–20 million in revenue and $1.6–2 million in EBITDA in its current fiscal year. Management states the transaction is not expected to be directly dilutive to Roadzen’s Nasdaq shareholders and aims to pair Riverside’s short-trip data with Roadzen’s AI underwriting and claims technology.
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Roadzen pursues a non-dilutive, data-rich MGA acquisition to deepen its rental insurance platform.
Roadzen is acquiring Riverside, a European managing general agent, for up to £12 million (about $15 million), split evenly between upfront cash and a three-year earn-out contingent on performance milestones. This structure ties half of the consideration to future results, aligning payout with Riverside’s ongoing performance.
Riverside is expected to contribute approximately $18–20 million in revenue and $1.6–2 million in EBITDA in its current fiscal year, writing around 800,000 policies annually in short-term car rental insurance. The target operates a capital-light MGA model backed by A-rated capacity, which limits underwriting risk taken directly.
The purchase is executed via Roadzen’s India subsidiary, with sellers able to elect equity based on an implied $280 million valuation for Roadzen India. The company highlights that the transaction is not expected to be directly dilutive to Nasdaq shareholders. Future disclosures after closing, including the acquired company’s name and integration progress, will help clarify the acquisition’s contribution to Roadzen’s broader AI-driven insurance strategy.
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 3, 2026, Roadzen Technologies Limited (“Roadzen India”), a subsidiary of Roadzen Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the shareholders (the “Sellers”) of Riverside International Holdings Ltd (“Riverside”), pursuant to which Roadzen India has agreed to purchase Riverside, a managing general agent specializing in short-term car rental insurance across Europe. Under the Purchase Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Roadzen India will purchase the entire issued share capital of Riverside from the Sellers for a total purchase price of up to £12 million (Twelve Million Pounds Sterling) (the “Transaction”), of which £6 million is payable at the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”) and the remaining £6 million is payable over a three-year period following the Closing, based on Riverside achieving certain performance milestones. The purchase price is payable in cash, except that two of the Sellers have the option to elect to receive the portion of the purchase price payable to them at Closing in the form of shares of Roadzen India, at a price per share based on a valuation of Roadzen India of INR 2,500 crore, and is subject to adjustment based on Riverside’s cash, indebtedness and working capital at Closing. The Purchase Agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of Roadzen.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations of the parties, and is subject to closing conditions including, among others more fully described in the Purchase Agreement, the receipt of certain regulatory approvals. Unless fulfilled or otherwise waived by the parties, if any of the closing conditions are not fulfilled by July 3, 2027, the Purchase Agreement shall be terminated and the Transaction shall not be completed. The Purchase Agreement provides that £600,000 of the purchase price payable at Closing will be deposited into a retention account to provide a source of recovery to Roadzen India for claims based on the Sellers’ indemnification obligations or breaches by the Sellers of their representations and warranties, and Roadzen India’s right to recovery for claims is subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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On July 9, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the signing of the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
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| 2.1* | Share Purchase Agreement dated July 3, 2026. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated July 9, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover page interactive data file (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
* Certain schedules and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request.
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| Date: | July 9, 2026 | By: | /s/ Jean-Noël Gallardo |
| Name: | Jean-Noël Gallardo | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
Exhibit 99.1
Roadzen Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire a Leading European MGA Focused on Short-Term Car Rental Insurance
The acquisition is expected to add a scaled, fully regulated European insurance platform powering over 800,000 policies annually, with approximately $18–20 million in revenue and approximately $1.6–2 million in EBITDA
The business is being acquired by Roadzen’s India subsidiary in exchange for stock or cash and is not expected to be dilutive to Roadzen’s Nasdaq shareholders
Combines over a decade of proprietary short-trip pricing data with Roadzen’s AI to power real-time underwriting and automated, computer-vision-led claims — transformative for the $27 billion car rental insurance segment
NEW YORK, July 9, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Roadzen Inc. (Nasdaq: RDZN), a global leader in AI at the intersection of insurance and mobility, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a leading technology-driven managing general agent (“MGA”) specializing in short-term car rental insurance across Europe.
The acquisition is being made by Roadzen’s India subsidiary, Roadzen Technologies Limited (“Roadzen India”), which is 92% owned by Roadzen Inc. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the sellers may elect to receive equity in Roadzen India, based on a valuation of Roadzen India at approximately $280 million, or cash. As a result, the transaction is not expected to be directly dilutive to Roadzen’s Nasdaq shareholders. Total consideration is approximately $15 million — 50% payable at closing and 50% structured as a three-year earn-out contingent on milestones.
The business is one of Europe’s leading technology-enabled specialists in the short-term car rental insurance market. It distributes through embedded API integrations with leading rental car partners across multiple European markets, alongside a direct-to-consumer platform. The company writes approximately 800,000 policies annually and is expected to generate approximately $18–20 million in revenue and approximately $1.6–2 million in EBITDA in its current fiscal year, with no debt, positive free cash flow, and a lean team of around 20 people supported by its proprietary technology. It is regulated in the European Union and the United Kingdom, backed by multi-year A-rated underwriting capacity, with a strong combined ratio.
The global car rental insurance market is valued at approximately $27 billion and operates as a highly lucrative ancillary revenue stream within the broader global auto insurance market. The segment is growing at approximately a 6.8% CAGR, driven by increasing vehicle utilization, rising insurance penetration in leisure and corporate rentals, and the need to protect rental operators from costly claims amid inflated vehicle repair costs. As rental volumes rise and pricing, claims, and fraud increasingly move to real-time, technology-driven platforms, the market is primed for transformation. This acquisition provides Roadzen with a fully licensed, scaled and profitable MGA platform to accelerate its global expansion and deliver AI-powered insurance across the short-trip mobility market. Roadzen already works with several large car rental fleet operators and can now offer this product directly to them.
Rohan Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Roadzen commented, “This business embeds directly into the rental booking flow and issues cover instantly — over 800,000 times a year, fully automated and near-touchless. Today, that pricing is largely static. The opportunity we saw is to bring Roadzen’s AI to it and move to real-time, dynamic pricing at the point of sale. That combination — proven distribution at scale, now powered by our AI — is exactly what we are building at Roadzen, and a central reason we pursued this acquisition. We already work with car rental fleet operators globally and can now offer this product directly to them, and our AI and computer vision already assess the condition of rental vehicles before and after each trip, strengthening claims.”
Roadzen is partnering closely with the team to bring its core AI capabilities to bear across the platform. On the underwriting side, Roadzen’s models can enhance real-time risk selection and pricing at the point of sale, drawing on the business’s deep short-trip loss data to price more accurately by market, vehicle, duration, and customer profile — supporting disciplined combined ratios as volumes grow. On the claims side, Roadzen’s computer-vision technology assesses the pre- and post-condition of a rental vehicle from images, enabling faster, more accurate damage adjudication, reducing leakage and fraud, and driving toward a near-touchless claims experience. As the two teams work together, Roadzen’s AI is immediately additive to the business’s already automated, technology-led processes — accelerating settlement, improving accuracy, and expanding margin on the existing book while raising the quality of the underlying data that feeds future pricing.
Key Highlights and Synergies
| ● | Writes approximately 800,000 policies a year through embedded API integrations with leading rental car websites and partners |
| ● | Expected to generate approximately $18–20 million in revenue and approximately $1.6–2 million in EBITDA in its current fiscal year |
| ● | Strong combined ratio and disciplined underwriting performance |
| ● | Capital-light MGA model with no underwriting risk taken on directly, backed by durable multi-year A-rated capacity — closely aligned with Roadzen’s own business model |
| ● | Highly synergistic to Roadzen’s existing global car rental fleet clients, with Roadzen’s AI computer-vision assessment of vehicle pre- and post-condition already additive to underwriting and claims |
| ● | Over a decade of proprietary short-trip underwriting data — millions of policies — a foundational asset for pricing insurance in a future of autonomous mobility |
“What excites us most is what this means for the future,” added Malhotra. “This business has spent well over a decade learning how to price insurance for short trips — thousands of individual rentals priced every day across markets, vehicles, and durations, now spanning millions of policies. We believe short-term, per-trip insurance pricing is central to the future of mobility: as the world moves toward fleets and, ultimately, autonomous vehicles carrying passengers for short journeys, the ability to underwrite risk by the trip rather than by the year becomes an important capability in insurance, distinct from annual, long-term pricing. We are excited to work with this data and to layer our AI on top of it to build real-time pricing products for short-duration insurance — products we believe will be foundational to how mobility is insured in that future. There are very few places in the world where a dataset and pricing expertise like this exist at this depth. With this incredible team and this data, combined with our technology and global footprint, we can expand the business into new markets. Together with the growth we’re seeing in India and our expansion in the U.S., this marks the next phase of Roadzen’s journey — building the world’s leading company at the intersection of AI, insurance, and mobility.”
Once all closing conditions are met and the transaction is completed, Roadzen will disclose the name of the acquired business. Closing is anticipated in the early fourth quarter of the calendar year.
About Roadzen Inc.
Roadzen Inc. (Nasdaq: RDZN) is a global leader in AI at the convergence of insurance and mobility. Roadzen builds technology that helps insurers, automakers, and fleets better predict and prevent risk, automate claims, and deliver seamless, embedded insurance experiences. Thousands of clients across North America, Europe, and Asia — from the world’s leading insurers, carmakers, and fleets to dealerships and agents — use Roadzen’s technology to build new products, sell insurance, process claims, and improve road safety. Roadzen’s pioneering work in telematics, generative AI, and computer vision has earned recognition from Forbes, Fortune, and Financial Express as one of the world’s top AI innovators. Headquartered in Burlingame, California, Roadzen employs more than 450 people across offices in the U.S., U.K., India and China. Learn more at www.roadzen.ai.
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