{"id":49302,"date":"2020-06-22T01:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T00:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=49302"},"modified":"2021-09-28T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:59:21","slug":"49-urban-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2020\/49-urban-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"49. Urban Jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Jimmy Williams<br><strong>Founded:<\/strong> 2016<br><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/myurbanjungle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.myurbanjungle.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Urban Jungle emerged in 2016 as a response to a stark dichotomy. Though housing prices were continuing to rise &ndash; keeping more and more millennials in the renting game &ndash;&nbsp;the insurance industry was still moving along at a snail&rsquo;s pace. Brokers and providers weren&rsquo;t successfully leveraging the technology available, and amidst it all, Generation Y were being left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Urban Jungle. Led by founder Jimmy Williams, Urban Jungle offers affordable, pay-monthly insurance policies to people living in rented accommodation. Targeted at a younger demographic all-too-easily forgotten by traditional forms of insurance, Urban Jungle is cutting through the foliage to provide millennials with transparent, tailored policies that are as flexible as their living arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance companies and ethics aren&rsquo;t <em>always <\/em>mentioned in the same sentence, but Urban Jungle takes a different approach. Led by its core values of transparency, responsibility, disruption, and a steadfast customer-focus, Urban Jungle is dragging the industry forward in more ways than one.<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s clear that it&rsquo;s doing plenty right. Since starting up just four years ago, Urban Jungle&rsquo;s customer base has ballooned to 20,000, while its Brixton-based team is 22 strong. The future looks bright, too &ndash; despite lockdown, Urban Jungle recently raised &pound;6.2 million in a round of funding fuelled by high-profile backers, to continue its shake-up of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>With money in the bank and a forward-thinking approach, Urban Jungle is one to watch out for.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Founder: Jimmy WilliamsFounded: 2016Website: www.myurbanjungle.com Urban Jungle emerged in 2016 as a response to a stark dichotomy. Though housing prices were continuing to rise &ndash; keeping more and more millennials in the renting game &ndash;&nbsp;the insurance industry was still moving along at a snail&rsquo;s pace. 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