Bumper
Bumper is a payments platform for car dealerships that has raised $168M in funding. It serves the automotive industry with 119 employees.
The growth story
Bumper grew from 25 to 119 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $168M along the way, most recently a Series B in August 2025.
About
Bumper provides a digital payments system designed for car dealerships to replace manual processes and multiple vendor logins. It consolidates card, bank transfer, and installment payments into one platform integrated with dealership workflows.
The company has raised $168M through a Series B round in August 2025, with backing from automotive-focused investors like Porsche Ventures and InMotion Ventures. Its engineering team makes up nearly 20% of its 119-person workforce.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest department with 23 staff. The leadership team combines automotive and fintech experience, with alumni from Wonga and Snap-on Business Solutions in key roles.
The Bumper org chart
James Jackson (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 46 mapped leaders with 9 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 23 (+53% YoY), Sales 21 (+40% YoY), Customer Success and Support 13 (+18% YoY), Business Development 11 (-27% YoY), Administrative 6 (0% YoY), Information Technology 6 (-14% YoY).
Talent flow
Bumper recruits heavily from fintech firms like Wonga (4 hires) and Snap-on Business Solutions (4), along with betting platform Betfair (3). Alumni have moved to payments companies like Visa and J.P. Morgan, as well as automotive firms like Cox Automotive.
Most common previous employers of Bumper staff: Wonga (4), Snap-on Business Solutions (4), Betfair (3), Akinon (3), Evreka (3), BTC (2). Former Bumper employees most often moved to BİTES - Defence & Aerospace Technologies (2), Never Mind The Job Spec (1), Cox Automotive Europe (1), Visa (1), UCL (1), J.P. Morgan (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Bumper mafia
Three alumni-founded companies exist, including Scoresheet (with 2 Bumper connections) and two solo-founder ventures in Steinmentoring and Q The Shot.
3Seb Margolis, was Product Manager until 2024Alexander Adalbert Stein, was SaaS Business Development Manager North Germany (Key Account+Territory Sales Manager) until 2025Quinten Reid, was Business Development Executive until 2016Web traffic
Traffic mix: 38% direct, 35% search, 8% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Bumper: Sales (40), Management (39), Customer Service (38), Teamwork (32), Communication (30), Leadership (29), Microsoft Excel (29), Business Development (26).
Where the team actually sits
Bumper people are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (33), Ankara, Türkiye (17), United Kingdom (10), Greater Sheffield Area (3).
Search footprint
Bumper attracts about 6,034 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $84K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,372 ranking keywords and lost 4,530 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Bumper has 119 employees as of September 2026.
Bumper has raised $168M in total, most recently a Series B round in August 2025.
Bumper was founded in 2013 by James Jackson, Jack Allman.
James Jackson (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Bumper's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Bumper staff are Wonga (4 people), Snap-on Business Solutions (4 people), Betfair (3 people).
Former Bumper employees most often move to BİTES - Defence & Aerospace Technologies (2), Never Mind The Job Spec (1), Cox Automotive Europe (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Bumper, including Scoresheet, Steinmentoring, Q The Shot.
Bumper attracts about 6,034 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $84K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Bumper staff are Sales, Management, Customer Service, Teamwork, Communication.
Bumper staff are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (33), Ankara, Türkiye (17), United Kingdom (10).
Bumper has about 23 people in Engineering, up 53% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Bumper has about 21 people in Sales, up 40% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 86 current and 81 former Bumper profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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