Boku

Boku, Inc. specializes in mobile billing and payment solutions, allowing consumers to make online payments through their mobile devices. The company offers services that facilitate mobile payment acceptance via carrier billing and mobile wallets, catering to both mobile network operators and merchants. In addition, Boku provides identity verification and authentication solutions through its Boku Identity platform, which connects in real-time to mobile operator networks across 58 countries. This platform helps businesses reduce identity fraud, ensure compliance, and enhance customer experience while maintaining user privacy. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, Boku operates across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with a significant portion of its revenue generated from the Asia Pacific region.

Mark Britto

Chairman, Founder

Rob Whittick

CFO

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Fortumo

Acquisition in 2020
Fortumo is a digital enabling platform that facilitates mobile operator billing for web and mobile services, including apps and games. Established in 2007, the company connects service providers with over 350 mobile operators across various regions, including Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Fortumo's platform allows service providers to effectively manage the entire customer lifecycle of mobile users through solutions for bundling, carrier billing, and messaging. This enables businesses to monetize their offerings by billing users in multiple countries. Fortumo's services are utilized by numerous prominent digital merchants, such as Google, Spotify, and Electronic Arts. The company has established offices in San Francisco, Beijing, Delhi, Singapore, Estonia, and Hanoi.

Danal

Acquisition in 2018
Danal, Inc. is a subsidiary of Danal Corp of Korea. Danal’s Mobile solutions platform offers financial institutions and major retailers groundbreaking mobile transaction risk management services, and streamlined, customer conversion solutions that lower customer abandon rates during registration and checkout. Danal in the US is headquartered in San Jose, California. Its majority shareholder, Danal Co., Ltd (Seoul, South Korea), pioneered Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) technology in Korea, Taiwan and China in 2000. An additional shareholder, Morgenthaler Ventures, also participated in Danal’s $9.5 million Series A investment in 2007. After announcing its first direct carrier payment connection with Verizon wireless in 2010, Danal Co. purchased additional equity in Danal to take a majority ownership position. In March 2012, Danal entered a marketing agreement with Discover to enable the two companies to drive market-leading innovation and value in a rapidly-evolving Omni Commerce [across online, mobile, and retail channels] marketplace. Danal Inc. was acquired by Bango in May 2016.

Mobileview Italia

Acquisition in 2015
Telecommunications Company in Italy

Mopay

Acquisition in 2014
mopay is a payment platform for online dealers to bill charges directly to customers’ cell phone, land line, and broadband accounts. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Munich, Germany with additional offices in Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It operates as a subsidiary of Boku, Inc.

Qubecell

Acquisition in 2013
Qubecell, founded in 2012, is India's first dedicated mobile billing aggregator, specializing in mobile payment solutions. The company is integrated with all major mobile operators in India and is expanding its services to other emerging markets. Qubecell enables users to make payments using their cell phone numbers, facilitating transactions through an international mobile payments network. Currently, the company operates in 66 countries and collaborates with over 240 carrier partners, focusing on monetizing the increasing mobile internet traffic driven by social gaming and mobile services through carrier billing.

Paymo

Acquisition in 2009
Paymo operates a mobile payments network that enables consumers worldwide to make online purchases using their mobile phones. Available in over 50 markets, Paymo facilitates mobile payments for more than 1.5 billion consumers across Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The platform addresses the needs of merchants by increasing revenues and attracting customers who prefer not to use credit cards. Paymo manages user billing, offers electronic purchase confirmations, and settles transactions in the merchant's selected currency. Its conversion rates significantly outperform traditional payment methods. For consumers, Paymo provides a fast, easy, and secure way to pay online without the need for credit cards or bank accounts. Users can complete transactions simply by entering their mobile phone number and responding to a text message, with charges deducted from a pre-paid balance or added to a monthly cell phone bill.
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