Huize Holding Limited, ("Huize" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:HUIZ), a leading insurance technology platform connecting consumers, insurance carriers and distribution partners digitally through data-driven and AI-powered solutions in Asia, today expanded its global footprint with the acquisition of Global Care Consulting Joint Stock Company ("Global Care"), a pioneering insurtech company in Vietnam specialized in digital transformation solutions for the insurance industry.
The acquisition marks the first step in the global expansion of Huize's new international brand Poni Insurtech starting with ASEAN, a region with significant market parallels to China including rapidly growing economies, large and young demographics, urbanizing middle-class populations and increasing demand for digital insurance solutions, offering tremendous market opportunities for the Company to replicate its successful digital insurance model from its home market starting with Vietnam.
Established in 2017, Global Care is a leading insurtech company in Vietnam empowering insurers to streamline and digitize their sales processes, policy administration, and operations. Global Care's suite of cloud-based API solutions and mobile apps offer a broad range of embedded and customized insurance products to a diverse customer base by connecting insurers with merchants and various distribution channels, including leading e-commerce platforms such as Grab and Ahamove. In 2023, Global Care facilitated 13.5 million policies on its platform with revenue more than quadrupling year-over-year and registered users growing in excess of 1.3 million.
Pursuant to the transaction documents, Huize through its newly established international arm Poni Insurtech will acquire a controlling stake in Global Care through purchase of existing shares and subscription of new shares in multiple closings. In connection with the acquisition, VinaCapital Ventures, the technology investment vehicle of VinaCapital Group, a leading investment management firm in Vietnam with USD4 billion of assets under management, will receive as partial consideration newly issued class A common shares of Huize representing approximately 1.7% of issued share capital on a fully-diluted basis, and 50% of which will be subject to a one-year lock-up period. Upon completion, Global Care will become Huize's subsidiary and its financial results will be consolidated into the Company's consolidated financial statements.