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Bump Technologies funding, valuation and investors

Mobile app for tap-to-share contacts, photos, and files between phones.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series B

$16M · January 2011

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$16M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

acquired

acquired · Mountain View, California

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Other: Sequoia

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Bump Technologies built tap-to-share mobile apps. Google acquired Bump in September 2013.

Why Bump Technologies is interesting

Bump hit tens of millions of installs with a magical tap UX — a16z led a $16M round before Google acquired the team for ~$35–40M in 2013.

Product & use cases

Mobile app for tap-to-share contacts, photos, and files by physically bumping phones together.

  • Contact sharing at networking events
  • Photo transfer between phones pre-NFC ubiquity
  • Peer-to-peer file sharing via accelerometer tap

Key facts

  • Acquired by Google (Sep 2013): ~$35–40M reported (TechCrunch, NYT)
  • Series B (Jan 2011): $16M led by a16z; Sequoia, SV Angel participated (TechCrunch)
  • Source: https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/16/bump-mobile-contact-sharing-app-acquired-by-google-will-stay-alive-for-now/

Funding history (newest first)

Series B

2011-01 $16M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/12/bump-raises-16-million/

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Andreessen Horowitz Sequoia Capital

Competitive landscape

Edge: Bump hit tens of millions of installs with a magical tap UX — a16z led a $16M round before Google acquired the team for ~$35–40M in 2013.

Bump proved magical mobile UX could drive mass adoption before NFC was ubiquitous. Google acquisition ended standalone product.

  • Apple AirDrop incumbent

    Native iOS sharing replaced Bump use case.

  • Android Beam incumbent

    NFC-based sharing on Android.

  • WhatsApp adjacent

    Messaging replaced contact exchange use case.

Notable stories

  • Reached tens of millions of installs with tap-to-share UX.
  • Google acquired for reported $35-40M in September 2013.
  • App eventually discontinued; team joined Google.

Industries

Consumer

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FAQs about Bump Technologies

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Bump built a mobile app that let users share contacts, photos, and files by physically bumping phones together — a tap-to-share UX that reached tens of millions of installs.
Andreessen Horowitz (see /fund/andreessen-horowitz) led the $16M Series B in 2011. Sequoia (see /fund/sequoia) and SV Angel also participated.
Google acquired Bump in September 2013 for a reported $35–40M. The app was eventually shut down; the team joined Google.
Bump proved magical mobile UX could drive mass adoption before NFC was ubiquitous — an early reference for contact-sharing and peer-to-peer mobile products.
No — Google acquired Bump in 2013 and discontinued the standalone product.
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Bump Technologies built tap-to-share mobile apps. Google acquired Bump in September 2013.
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