Media release: Helvetia participates in a further financing round for BlueID GmbH

Media release

St.Gallen, 13 July 2018

Helvetia participates in a further financing round for BlueID GmbH

BlueID GmbH offers certified products for the digital management and authorisation of access and locking systems. The Helvetia Venture Fund invested in BlueID, formerly known as baimos technologies, in May 2017. The Helvetia Venture Fund is now participating in another financing round for the Munich-based start-up.

The Helvetia Venture Fund is taking part in the current financing round for BlueID GmbH. BlueID, formerly known as baimos technologies, offers certified products for the digital management and authorisation of access and locking systems. BlueID's objective is to provide a cloud-based solution for simplifying secure physical access control, enabling users to open all kinds of offline facilities, regardless of the manufacturer. The solution can be used in the real estate sector, for example.

The funds raised during the current financing round will enable BlueID to grow further and expand its facility business. The Helvetia Venture Fund invested in BlueID in May 2017 and is now also taking part in the current financing round. The major shareholders are still HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Berendsen Holding, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital.

Access management of central importance to insurance companies

"Control of access to facilities and properties plays a key role in active risk management. BlueID offers new options in this regard, which will enable new business models and insurance solutions for insurance companies", says Martin Tschopp, Head of Corporate Development at Helvetia, about the investment in BlueID.

This media release is also available on our website www.helvetia.com/media.

For further information please contact:

Analysts Helvetia Group Susanne Tengler Head of Investor Relations Dufourstrasse 40 CH-9001 St.Gallen Phone: [phone] [e-mail] www.helvetia.com

Media Helvetia Group Jonas Grossniklaus Media Relations Manager St. Alban-Anlage 26 CH-4002 Basel Phone: [phone] [e-mail] www.helvetia.com

About Helvetia Venture Fund

The Helvetia Venture Fund invests in start-ups from the insurtech segment and in young companies whose business models provide a link to or support Helvetia's insurance business. The fund is a subsidiary of Helvetia Swiss Insurance Company Ltd and is domiciled in Luxembourg. It focusses on start-ups from throughout Europe and places an emphasis on those countries in which Helvetia operates, namely Switzerland as well as Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Spain. The total volume stands at CHF 55 million.

About the Helvetia Group

In 160 years, the Helvetia Group has grown from a number of Swiss and foreign insurance companies into a successful international insurance group. Today, Helvetia has subsidiaries in its home market Switzerland as well as in the countries that make up the Europe market area: Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. With its Specialty Markets market area, Helvetia is also present in France and in selected regions worldwide. Some of its investment and financing activities are managed through subsidiaries and fund companies in Luxembourg and Jersey. The Group is headquartered in St.Gallen, Switzerland.

Helvetia is active in the life and non-life business, and also offers customised specialty lines and reinsurance cover. Its business activities focus on retail customers as well as small and medium-sized companies and larger corporates. With some 6,600 employees, the company provides services to more than 5 million customers. With a business volume of CHF 8.64 billion, Helvetia generated underlying earnings of CHF 502.4 million in the 2017 financial year. The registered shares of Helvetia Holding are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the symbol HELN.

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