Umba
Buy Now, Pay Later · Digital Banks & Neobanks
1open role
$15Mlatest round · Series A · Apr 2022 · 4 yr ago
1backers · Frontline Ventures
10+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Create your future with Umba Kenya. Secure financial system for businesses and individuals to spend, save and lend.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$15M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$15M
Series A · Apr 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
4
open roles
Backers
1
Frontline Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
54 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
10/100
a new city
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 9, 2025
Took on debt financing $5M · The Irish Times
Apr 13, 2022
Raised a round Series A $15M · PYMNTS.com
2019
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt Financing | Apr 2025 | $5M | — | The Irish Times |
| Series A | Apr 2022 | $15M | — | PYMNTS.com |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Umba, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Tiernan KennedyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Barry O'MahonyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Jobs
Remote (Kenya) · 5+ years exp · Nairobi
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
40/100
Stable
Open positions
4
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
42 days
faster than 32% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
17% ▼
Product
17% ▼
Administrative
17% ▼
Finance
17% ▼
Customer Success
17% ▲
Industrial Engineering
17% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: Williamsburg
Oct 2026
Removed Linear from stack
Sep 2026
Added Unix to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
People
Tiernan Kennedy
Executive Officer, Director
Barry O'Mahony
Executive Officer, Director
Mark Selcow
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Umba over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
20
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
92/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
SQL
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
FastAPI
Flask
Next.js
React.js
Cloud & platforms
Linux
Unix
AI & ML
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LLM
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News
Irish-founded fintech Umba secures $5m debt facility
Company offers digital banking services in Kenya
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US-based fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenya's Daraja microfinance bank
The acquisition gives Umba access to existing financial services clientele, and permits them to offer additional banking services.
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US-based fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenya
Umba, a U.S.-based digital bank with a focus on emerging markets, has acquired a majority share of Daraja, a Kenyan deposit-taking microfinance bank, for an undisclosed amount. Kenya's monetary authority, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), said Umba had tak
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DEAL: Digital banking platform, Umba raises $15 million for expansion
Umba, a Nigerian digital banking platform operating in Lagos, Nigeria, has raised $15 million in Series A funding to expand financial products
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African digital banking platform Umba raises $15 million Series A to deliver accessible, transparent banking to underserved markets
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Digital bank Umba raises $15M, plans to expand into three new African markets
There's no shortage of digital banks in Nigeria and, in general, in Africa. As the region continues to experience rapid growth in mobile usage and the
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Digital bank Umba raises $15M, plans to expand into three new African markets
As the region continues to experience rapid growth in mobile usage and the corresponding growing young population, these fintechs think this is the right time to provide financial services to every market category, from the banked to the unbanked. In the
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African Digital Bank Umba Grabs $15M for Accessible Banking
African digital bank Umba closed a $15 million Series A fundraising round that will help the platform meet the needs of underserved customers.
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Umba, a digital bank for emerging markets, raises $2M Seed funding to expand across Africa
Umba, a digital bank for emerging markets and aiming first at Africa, has secured a $2 million seed funding round from new investors including Lachy Groom, ex-Head of Issuing at Stripe; Ludlow Ventures; Frontline Ventures and Act Venture Capital. Currentl
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Umba, a digital bank for emerging markets, raises $2M Seed funding to expand across Africa
Umba, a digital bank for emerging markets and aiming first at Africa, has secured a $2 million seed funding round from new investors including Lachy Groom, ex-Head of Issuing at Stripe; Ludlow Ventures; Frontline Ventures and Act Venture Capital. Currentl
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
Nairobi
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3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 33% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend, Finance, Industrial Engineering
Timshack House, 2nd floor, Ngong road, Nairobi
Williamsburg
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Administrative
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Lagos, Nigeria
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