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About Tinubu,
a digital & human company
Connect to the highway
Tinubu is the business facilitator and exchange enabler that delivers fluidity and simplicity to the insurance industry by using the strength of collective performance.
Our company is an alliance of technology software and insurance expertise offering the best combination to its clients. It covers the entire value chain of credit insurance & surety with one end-to-end platform, connecting every part of your business with one digital highway.
Created in 2000 and headquartered in Paris, France, Tinubu is an independent software provider and employs 170 people, located in Paris, London, New York, Orlando, Singapore, and Montreal. Its clients represent 30 of the top 60 Credit & Surety underwriters worldwide.
Our vision
The lifeblood of insurance:
Anticipating interactions from the core of the insurance industry.
Our promise
Multiplying possibilities:
Connecting the value chain of insurance.
Tinubu history
With an innovative technological approach, Tinubu has become a fintech flagship company. After 20 years, today Tinubu continues to lead in the surety & credit insurance digital transformation.
Founders
Jérôme Pezé and Olivier Placca launched Tinubu Square SA with initial funding of €115k to create a cloud-based SaaS platform for credit risk management.
€3.8m raised for a R&D program
Tinubu raises €3.8m to run an R&D program in partnership with Schlumberger, Sema, Valoris, and Experian.
Oséo Innovation Award
Tinubu raises additional capital in order to accelerate our expansion.
Tinubu receives an award from Oséo Innovation in recognition of the development of the RMC platform.
Tinubu secures €1.5M in funding
Tinubu raises additional funds to further develop the Risk Management Center (RMC) platform.
Recovery Square
Tinubu incorporates Recovery Square,
a debt collection agency.
European Tech Tour (ETT)
Tinubu is selected by the European Tech Tour as one of France’s leading technology companies.
United-Kingdom
Tinubu opens an office in London.
BPI France / Singapore
BPI France invests €11.3m in Tinubu to expand its international presence in Asia and opens a regional office in Singapore.
International
International sales represent 2/3 of Tinubu's total revenue.
North America
Tinubu opens two new offices to expand its presence in North America (New York and Montreal).
€53m investment from
Long Arc Capital and Bpifrance
Tinubu 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 announces 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 announces acquisition of U.S. companies eSURETY® and SuretyWave®.
Tinubu key figures
Here are a few facts and figures about Tinubu.
30/60
30 of the top 60 worldwide Credit & Surety underwriters are Tinubu's customers
77%
77% of the Top 30 US Surety underwriters are Tinubu'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
39%
Tinubu achieved 39% software ARR CAGR between 2017-2021
100%
Customer retention rate for Tinubu's credit and surety carriers has been 100% from 2015 to 2020
1500+
Tinubu's number of customers is more than 1500
People behind Tinubu's success
An international team with a broad diversity of professional backgrounds in key sectors with a passion to help you bring out the best in your business.
Jérôme Pezé
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Jérôme is the CEO and Founder of Tinubu 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 the competition.
Olivier Placca
Group Deputy CEO and Co-founder
As the Group Deputy CEO, Olivier played a major role in expanding Tinubu’s international footprint.
His information systems and digital transformation expertise lead to the development and constant optimization of the Tinubu SaaS platform.
Before co-founding 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.
Jean-Michel Terny
General Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
Jean-Michel started at Tinubu in November 2022 as Secretary General & Chief Financial Officer. He oversees all support departments, including Finance, Human Resources, and Legal. He also has the mission to assist the CEO and Group Deputy CEO in deciding and implementing Tinubu's financial strategy in interaction with the main Shareholders.
Jean-Michel has more than 20 years of experience in financial management in France and abroad. He held positions such as General Secretary at Société Générale’s Equity Derivatives department, Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Lyxor AM, and CFO at Hoist Finance France. He also was Global Head of Management Information at AXA IM, responsible for accompanying AXA IM’s management board in building an ambitious 3-year strategic plan and conducting major M&A projects.
Throughout his career, Jean-Michel has built a track record in transforming and scaling organizations in various environments.
Jean-Michel holds a master’s degree in Strategic Management from HEC Paris and a master’s degree in Engineering from the École Nationale des Mines de Douai.
Stéphane Bachschmidt
Chief Services Officer
Stéphane is running Tinubu’s operations since 2017. He has accompanied the development of the group for the last 15 years and managed all large trade-credit digitalization projects.
With 10 years past experience (Euler Hermes, Teletech) in risk analysis, audit, corporate finance, and project management incl. M&A, Stephane has developed proficient skills in organization and team management which were key to supporting our strong development these last years.
Stéphane holds an Executive MBA from Dauphine & ESG UQAM Universities (Paris & Montreal) and bachelor’s degrees in Finance and International Relationships from Dauphine and Sciences Po Paris.
Aurélien Pelletier
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Aurélien joined Tinubu in November 2021 as CPTO and is a key actor in Tinubu’s technological advances to become a "Digital Highway" for Credit Insurance & Surety customers.
Aurélien has more than 20 years of experience working in the tech industry providing best-in-class services, and a proven 10-year track record at C-level positions. He began his career as a software developer, and soon moved to a technical architect role in software design and delivery for Atos. In 2012, he became the CTO of Sfeir which turned into a leader on digital transformation and cloud computing projects. Then, in 2017, he joined PrestaShop, a leading open-source e-commerce solution. As CTO, he defined and led the tech vision and strategy of the company.
Sophie Riottot
EVP CRO EMEA & APAC
Sophie joined Tinubu in 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.
Yves de Talhouët
Former Senior Vice President and Director,
HP Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Corporate partnerships & memberships
Our memberships and partnerships are critical to being part of the credit insurance & surety ecosystem. In joining, our teams are able to keep abreast with the latest insights and best practices.
Awards and recognitions
Recognition of our customers and the industry in which we operate is important to us.
Here are some of our recent awards and recognitions.
2022 Finance Innovation
Insurtech Certification
2021 InsurTech100
World’s most innovative InsurTech
Panorama of French Fintech
Insurtech
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