Private company

BOKU mobile payments

Logo: Boku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

American mobile payments company

Boku, Inc. is a mobile payments company that allows businesses to collect online payments through both carrier billing and mobile wallets, and is headquartered in London, U.K. Boku utilizes mobile network operator (carrier) data for consumers online.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

2009Founded1
  • Industrypayment service provider1
  • HeadquartersSan Francisco1
  • Websitewww.boku.com
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address201 Mission Street, 10Th Floor, San Francisco, Ca 941055

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Boku, Inc. is a mobile payments company that allows businesses to collect online payments through both carrier billing and mobile wallets, and is headquartered in London, U.K. Boku utilizes mobile network operator (carrier) data for consumers online. Boku operates in over 90 countries globally, offering a bank-grade payment system.3

How it started

History

Boku was founded in 2009 by Mark Britto, Erich Ringewald and Ron Hirson using the combined assets of Mobillcash Ltd. and Paymo, Inc. Boku raised a $13 million Series A investment from Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures and Benchmark.

A year later, in 2010 Boku raised an additional US$25 million Series C investment, led by DAG Ventures. In 2012, Boku raised another US$35 million, Series C investment led by NEA and existing venture capital investors. In 2016, Boku again raised an additional US$13.75 million led by a consortium of UK investors along with GMO Payment Gateway. In total, Boku has raised more than $91M in venture capital funding from Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, DAG Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Telefónica, and GMO Payment Gateway.

On November 20, 2017, Boku listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) through an £125 million initial public offering.

From Wikipedia’s article on BOKU mobile payments, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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