Product Reports Resources Pricing Login Book a demo

JUMO World

Fintech · Cape Town, South Africa · Founded 2015

AI-powered Banking-as-a-Service platform for emerging markets MoreLess

JUMO is a financial technology startup that aims to democratize access to financial services through its innovative platform. The company operates in the financial technology market, serving a wide range of clients, including eMoney and banking partners, mobile network operators, and loan book funders. It also targets individuals and small businesses, particularly those without a formal financial identity or credit record.

JUMO's business model revolves around its banking as a service platform, which offers real-time access to funds at a minimal operating cost. The platform has two main features: a next-generation banking infrastructure that provides end-to-end digital banking services, and a machine learning system that analyzes data to reduce the cost and risk of lending.

The company generates revenue by enabling its partners to offer loans, savings, and a variety of financial options to a new customer base. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to create accurate credit scores and tailor financial products for its users. Additionally, JUMO provides its partners with reporting, analytics, and insights to offer personalized financial services that are valuable and useful to customers.

JUMO places a high emphasis on data privacy and responsible banking. It uses automated algorithms to prevent customers from overextending themselves financially and has integrated protective safeguards into its technology. Since its inception in 2015, the company measures its success by the number of people it has helped become active users of financial services.

Keywords: Financial Technology, Banking as a Service, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Credit Scoring, Personalized Financial Services, Data Privacy, Responsible Banking, Digital Banking Infrastructure, Financial Inclusion.

Company overview

JUMO World company information

The essential company record, classifications and operating signals in one place.

Status
Operational
Founded
2015
Headquarters
Cape Town, South Africa
Employees
273
Open positions
12
Dealroom signal
75.9
client focusb2btechnologyArtificial Intelligenceclient focusb2ctechnologyBig Datasub industryMortgages & Lendingsub industryBankingbusiness modelSaaSindustryFintechsectorCore AIsectorSMEsectorBaaSsectorB CorpsectorAI Applicationssectorfinancial inclusion

Valuation & funding

JUMO World funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
LATE VCOther financing Nov 2025 $7.5M $400M BlueOrchard Finance
LATE VCOther financing Nov 2021 $120M $400M Kingsway Capital · Fidelity Investments
LATE VCOther financing Feb 2020 $55M $220M Goldman Sachs · Odey Asset Management · LeapFrog Investments
LATE VCOther financing Dec 2018 $13M $50M Odey Asset Management
SERIES BOther financing Sep 2018 $52M $208M Goldman Sachs · Vostok Emerging Finance · Finnfund · Gemcorp
LATE VCOther financing Apr 2018 Proparco
DEBTDebt Nov 2017 Finnfund
FundingOther financing May 2017 Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator
SERIES COther financing Jan 2017 LeapFrog Investments · Odey Asset Management
GROWTH EQUITY VCOther financing May 2016 LeapFrog Investments
Showing 10 recorded eventsUnlock the complete deal history →

Growth signals

JUMO World website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for JUMO World is 21K monthly website visits, down 22.2% over the last three months. JUMO World's team grew 0.7% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits21K 3-month web change-22.2% 1-year team growth+0.7%
Monthly website visits103 observations · Sep 2017–Jul 2026
Hover or focus a point to see its exact monthly valueCompare with peers →

Comparisons

JUMO World compared with similar companies

Dealroom’s weighted taxonomy model identifies the closest operating peers. Company identity and context stay open; selected comparison metrics preview what is available in the platform.

Showing 8 of the closest matchesCompare every metric →

Talent graph

JUMO World's talent

Book a demo to see the people
Team profiled 47 named & role-tagged
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 5 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia Hidden — book a demo alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Investors

13 investors on JUMO World's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding and investor records. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Seed 1 investor entered at this stage
Series A 4 investors entered at this stage
LeapFrog Investments
Goldman Sachs
Vostok Emerging Finance
Gemcorp
Series B+ 6 investors entered at this stage
Odey Asset Management
Finnfund
Proparco
Fidelity Investments
Kingsway Capital
BlueOrchard Finance
Other known 2 additional known investors
Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator
Google for Startups Accelerator

Global footprint

Where JUMO World has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
15 countries with
team presence
🇿🇦 South Africa57.2%
🇵🇹 Portugal9.4%
🇰🇪 Kenya7.2%
🏳️ Zambia4.4%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom4.4%
Top 5 of 15 shown

In the news

Latest news about JUMO World

Recent press, funding announcements, and product moves mentioning JUMO World — open to read from the original sources.

See all news

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about JUMO World

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about JUMO World on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

See JUMO World’s full profile on Dealroom

Request a free trial to see the complete deal history, financials, people graph and growth signals.

Takes under a minute. Already use Dealroom? Log in.