Bumper
Buy-Now-Pay-Later for car repairs
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Cars
- Lending
- Financial Services
- Brackenbury Village, London, UK
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Company mission
To build payment solutions that enable our partners to help keep drivers safely on the road, whilst improving their profitability and customer experience
Our take
For nearly 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. The considerable funds 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
- Bumper Foundation - we're carbon neutral & offer paid leave each year to give back, in whatever way you choose
- Employee Options - we reward hard work with ownership in the company
- Private Medical Insurance
- Colleague Assistance Programme - access to support, guidance and counselling, available 24/7
- Annual Retreat
- Personal Enhancement Allowance - £250 a year to spend on your personal wellbeing and development
- Discount off Bumper loans for you, your friends, and family
- 26 days of paid leave each year to do whatever it is that recharges your batteries
Funding (1 round)
Dec 2015
$0.5m
SEED
$0.5m
Total funding
Leadership
James Jackson
(CEO)Studied Ancient History at University of Nottingham. 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
(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.