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Knoma

Ethical finance solution & marketplace for lifelong learning

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1-20 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2C
  • Credit Scoring
  • B2B
  • Marketplace
  • Education
  • Payments
  • Lending
  • Training
  • SaaS
Bermondsey, London, UK

Company mission

To enable access to education, and reduce the skills gap.

Top investors

42% female employees

Our take

Knoma is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. It helps people looking to future-proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcing technical courses. Through its platform users can gain access to a revolving credit of up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with weekly, fortnightly, or monthly repayments, with no interest or fees.

The company has launched its marketplace and works with a number of tech and coding schools, including Code Institute, Wild Code School, CodeClan, NorthCoders and Learning People. These can integrate the ‘Pay with Knoma’ widget into their platforms so users can choose the spread the payment via Knoma’s loan. As tech skills are increasingly sought, Knoma will help bring a larger pool of talent to the industry by removing the barriers to learning.

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Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Apple Macbook laptop
  • 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Fully remote environment

Company values

  • Fair finance. We lend compassionately, communicate transparently, put people first and never compromise on ethics.
  • Lifelong learning. We pursue and share knowledge; a force for individual, social and economic progress.
  • Empower everybody. We empower people from all walks of life to access education, and pledge to approach inclusion thoughtfully.
  • Expect excellence. We strive to set industry benchmarks, and then to exceed them.

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Apr 2022

$4m

EARLY VC

Aug 2020

$0.7m

SEED

Total funding: $5.7m

This company has top investors

Leadership

They are a Cambridge University graduate who are passionate about the need for lifelong learning to fuel a modern, digital economy. They are a Member of Psvillion.

People progressing

They started off as Head of Risk before being promoted to Chief Risk Officer (CRO).

Endorsements

All

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