Founders
Jérôme Pezé and Olivier Placca launched Tinubu® Square with an initial funding of €115k to create a cloud-based SaaS platform for credit risk management.
€3.8m raised for a R&D program
Tinubu® Square raises €3.8m to run a R&D program in partnership with Schlumberger, Sema, Valoris and Experian.
Oséo Innovation Award
Tinubu® Square raises additional capital in order to accelerate our expansion.
Tinubu® Square receives an award from Oséo Innovation in recognition of the development of the RMC platform.
Tinubu® secures €1.5M in funding
Tinubu® Square raises additional funds to further develop the Risk Management Center (RMC) platform.
Recovery Square
Tinubu® Square incorporates Recovery Square,
a debt collection agency.
European Tech Tour (ETT)
Tinubu® Square is selected by the European Tech Tour as one of France’s leading technology companies.
United-Kingdom
Tinubu® Square opens an office in London.
BPI France / Singapore
BPI France invests €11.3m in Tinubu® Square to expand its international presence in Asia and opens a regional office in Singapore.
International
International sales represent 2/3 of Tinubu® Square total revenue.
North America
Tinubu® Square opens two new offices to expand its presence in North America (New York and Montreal).
€53m investment from
Long Arc Capital and Bpifrance
Tinubu Square secures €53m investment from Long Arc Capital & Bpifrance with the objectives to accelerate the development of technology solutions for credit and surety insurers, trade finance banks and export credit agencies.
Tinubu® Digital LAB
Tinubu® Square announced the launch of its ‘Innovation LAB’, focusing on blockchain, advanced integration and deep analytics for insurance and banking industry applications.
€15m investment
Current investors Long Arc Capital and Bpifrance provide additional support to target high growth international markets for credit insurance and surety software.
eSURETY® and SuretyWave
Tinubu® Square announces acquisition of U.S. companies eSURETY® and SuretyWave®.
30/60
30 of the top 60 worldwide Credit & Surety underwriters are Tinubu Square's customers
77%
77% of the Top 30 US Surety underwriters are Tinubu® Square 's customer
30+
Tinubu® Platform users are located in more than 30 countries across the world
2M+
Over 2M decisions are issued from Tinubu® Platform annually
58%
Tinubu® Square achieved 58% ARR growth in 2020
100%
Customer retention rate for Tinubu® Square's credit and surety carriers has been 100% from 2015 to 2020
1500+
Tinubu® Square's number of customers is 1500
8000+
The number of Tinubu® Platform users is 8000
Jérôme Pezé
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Jérôme is the CEO and Founder of Tinubu® Square which he launched with Olivier Placca in 2000.
His capability to embrace both New Technologies and the insurance world resulted in the successful digital transformation of many Credit Insurance and Surety Bond companies which outperformed the market and took share from competition.
Olivier Placca
Group Deputy CEO and Co-founder
As the Group Deputy CEO, Olivier played a major role in expanding Tinubu® Square’s international footprint.
His information systems and digital transformation expertise lead to the development and constant optimization of the Tinubu® Square SaaS platform.
Before cofounding the company in 2000, Olivier had built a strong experience in the design and management of risk assessment, IT systems and risk information databases for financial institutions including NatWest, Credito Italiano, Société Générale, and for credit insurers such as Euler Group.
Cécile Rumpler
VP Group Finance, Legal & Administration
Cécile manages the human resources, provides financial oversight for the organization and oversees the entire range of financial management from daily to high-level operations as well as legal matters.
Before joining Tinubu® Square in 2012, Cécile has spent most of her career in the edition industry including Vivendi Universal Publishing, Hachette Livres, Perrin Editions and has built a track record of delivering high-value projects involving acquisitions, mergers and transfers. Cécile holds a master’s degree in Business from Neoma Business School, and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.
Sophie Riottot
Group Sales Director
Sophie is Tinubu® Square’s Group Sales Director since April 2019.
She explores fresh approaches to partnerships and is spearheading the company’s expansion into international markets beyond Europe.
Sophie has built most of her career (17 years) at Microsoft, holding leading sales and management positions including Sales Director of the ERP&CRM Business in France and Head of Financial sector in the Microsoft Services Division. She developed a strong experience on managing extended sales teams within a global working culture, and growing a broad range of software products.
Daniel T. Buckles
Deputy CEO of Tinubu Square Americas
and President of Tinubu Square Surety Americas
Daniel T. Buckles
Deputy CEO of Tinubu Square Americas
and President of Tinubu Square Surety Americas
Dan Buckles
Deputy CEO of Tinubu Square Americas and, President of Tinubu Square Surety Americas
Yves de Talhouët
Former Senior Vice President and Director,
HP Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
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Corda InsurTech Challenge
Top 5
Trade Finance Global
Tradetech 40
EuroCloud Award
Winner for "Best Vertical SAAS Solution"
IE-Club & Business France
Winner of ‘Trophées de l’International
du Numérique’
Software publishers and creators
Rank 87 for ‘Software vendor in France’
EuroCloud Award
Finalist of ‘Best Cloud Solution’
2017
Software publishers and creators
Rank 51 for ‘Vertical market software vendor in France’
EuroCloud Award
Finalist of ‘Best Cloud Solution’
IE-Club & Business France
Winner of ‘Established leadership’,
category ‘Internet as a business Catalyst’
Global 100 Software Leaders
Rank 76 for ‘France software leaders 100’
Software publishers and creators
Rank 87 for ‘Software vendor in France’
Top 100 French software publishers
Rank 60 for ‘French software vendor’
Global 100 Software Leaders
Rank 72 for ‘France software leaders 100’
Accenture Innovation
Blue Tulip Awards
Top 25 ‘Best Financial Service’
Top 100 French software publishers
Rank 65 for ‘French software vendor’
FS Tech
Finalist of ‘Risk Management Software of the year’
Red Herring
Top 100 finalists