Bumper
Car repair finance solution
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Cars
- Lending
- Financial Services
- Brackenbury Village, London, UK
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Company mission
To build solutions that give drivers peace of mind while enhancing customer experience and dealer profitability.
Our take
For over a decade now, Bumper has been helping car owners navigate dealerships and repairs. Now, its focus is predominantly on helping owners break down costly repair bills from trusted garages into affordable monthly payments, with the help of a 0% interest loan.
It’s a smart premise, and one that tapped into the trend for buy-now-pay-later services, in part accounting for Bumper's impressive growth that saw the FT name it as the eighth fastest growing fintech in Europe in 2021. It remains a leader in the space, and the largest company of its sort on the market, with little in the way of substantial competition to its unique focus or impressive footprint.
Bumper has ambitious goals for wide European expansion, having already grown from the UK into ROI, Spain, and Germany. Funding raised by the company will support this expansion, and ensure it is able to continue its formidable growth trajectory.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Share Options: Our people drive our success. We reward that hard work with ownership in the company.
- Annual Retreat: Remote working is fab. But nothing beats getting to know each other in person.
- Bumper Allowance: £250 a year to spend on your personal wellbeing and development, simple as that!
- Relax and Recharge: 26 days of paid leave each year to do whatever it is that recharges your batteries.
- Bumper Flex: We all work in different ways. Bumper Flex brings you the best of both worlds, home & office.
- Family Leave: 4 months' paid leave for primary carers & 1 month for secondary carers. Your family comes first.
- Colleague Discount: Discount on Bumper loans for you, your friends, and family - Boom!
- Colleague Assistance Programme: 24/7 support for your wellbeing
- Bumper Foundation: We're carbon neutral & offer paid leave each year to give back, in whatever way you choose.
Funding (1 round)
Dec 2015
$0.5m
SEED
Total funding: $0.5m
Leadership
James Jackson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked in the Digital Marketing Department at Sky, Betfair, Gala Coral Group, and Wonga before moving on to BNPL company paylater.com.
Jack Allman
(Co-Founder 7 CCO)Earned a BA in Business Economics and a MSc in International Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation from University of Exeter. Previously International Business Development Manager at BTC and Field Sales Executive at Molson Coors Brewing.