Four weeks. That is how long it took Kota, the insurance benefits platform, to secure its lead investor, a Euronext Paris-listed investment firm, Eurazeo. With a market capitalisation of nearly €5 billion, Eurazeo is a big European firm with €36.8 billion in diversified assets under management. So why did it want to lead a $14.5 million investment round in Dublin-headquartered Kota, which was founded only three years ago?  The groundwork for Eurazeo’s investment actually began before it had raised a cent. Luke Mackey, the chief executive and co-founder of Kota, had a pitch deck which he is using to raise…

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