Bump for investors and press
Bump is an Android app that lets people sell their spare mobile data to people nearby, and lets others buy low-cost Internet by the megabyte. This page collects the facts investors and journalists usually ask for.
At a glance
- Product: peer-to-peer mobile Internet sharing, with phone-to-phone chat that works without Internet. Get it on Google Play.
- Status: public beta on Android.
- Markets: Brazil and Colombia.
- How people pay: prepaid credits bought with Pix, PSE or card, from R$4 in Brazil and 10,000 COP in Colombia. Credits never expire.
- How sharers are paid: cash out by Pix in Brazil or Bre-B in Colombia.
- Company: Bump, Inc., Boston, United States. Details on the Bump Inc page.
The market
Over 1 billion people own a mobile phone but have no or limited connectivity. Prepaid users pay 13x more per MB than postpaid customers, 1 GB of data costs more than 5% of average monthly income in low and middle income countries, and 84% of broadband there is mobile-only. The mission page has the full picture, and the prices pages for Brazil and Colombia have the country numbers and carrier-by-carrier price comparisons with sources.
How it works
How Bump works covers discovery over Bluetooth, the Wi-Fi connection between phones, the encrypted tunnel that keeps a sharer from seeing traffic, and credits and payouts. The FAQ answers the common questions.
Brand assets
The name is written Bump. The company is Bump, Inc. It is not related to Bump Technologies, the contact-sharing app acquired by Google in 2013.
Contact
Investors and press: contact@bumpapp.xyz.