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Corgi, an AI-native commercial insurance startup, announced a $106 million Series B1 round on May 28 at a $2.6 billion valuation — exactly double the $1.3 billion valuation it commanded just three weeks earlier when it closed a $160 million Series B [1]. The round was led by TCV, with participation from Prime Capital, Zone 2 Ventures, Kindred Ventures, and several other firms [3]. The rapid-fire fundraising brings Corgi's total capital raised to $378 million, a remarkable sum for a company founded in 2024 by Nico Laqua and Emily Yuan, both former co-founders of mobile gaming company Basket Entertainment [2][4]. Corgi graduated from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch and received regulatory approval to operate as a full-stack insurance carrier in July 2025 [5]. The speed of the valuation jump is unusual even by the standards of the current AI startup boom. Several investors — including Kindred Ventures, Leblon Capital, and Quadri Ventures — participated in both the Series B and the B1, meaning the same backers agreed to pay twice as much per share within a three-week window [1].

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