Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) announced an agreement to acquire Metromile (NASDAQ: MILE, MILEW), the data science company focused on auto insurance, in an all-stock transaction that implies a fully diluted equity value of approximately $500 million, or just over $200 million net of cash. Under the terms of the transaction, Metromile shareholders will receive Lemonade common shares at a ratio of 19:1.
According to the company, while Lemonade has been at the forefront of using big data and AI in home and pet insurance, Metromile has been trailblazing a parallel path for car insurance. Metromile’s car-mounted precision sensors took over 400 million