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    BOKU is a mobile online payments company. Boku aims to create a frictionless payment system allowing a mobile phone number to be used as a safe and secure payment instrument. Its bank-grade payments technology allows consumers to charge purchases to their mobile phone bill.
    Revenue(FY, 2017)
    £3.4 M
    Market valuation(2016-09-01)
    $172 M
    Total Funding
    $86.8 M
    TypePrivate
    HQSan Francisco, US
    Founded2009
    Size (employees)161 (est)
    Websiteboku.com
    Boku was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, US
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    Key People/Management at Boku

    Jon Prideaux

    Jon Prideaux

    CEO
    Paul McGuire

    Paul McGuire

    Co-Founder
    Adam Lee

    Adam Lee

    Chief Revenue Officer
    Stuart Neal

    Stuart Neal

    Advisory Board Member
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    Boku Office Locations

    Boku has offices in Tokyo, Taipei, Singapore, São Paulo and in 8 other locations
    London, GB (HQ)
    2 Boundary Row
    San Francisco, US (HQ)
    735 Battery St
    München, DE
    Leopoldstraße 8-10
    Mumbai, IN
    205 Cosmos Plaza DN Nagar Muncipal School Rd
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    Boku Financials and Metrics

    Summary Metrics

    Founding Date

    		2009

    Boku total Funding

    		$86.8 m

    Boku latest funding size

    		$13.75 m

    Time since last funding

    		2 years ago

    Boku investors

    		Benchmark, Robert Markwick, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Andrew Black, GMO Payment Gateway
    Boku's latest funding round in September 2016 was reported to be $13.8 m. In total, Boku has raised $86.8 m. Boku's latest valuation is reported to be $172 m.
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    Boku Revenue

    Boku's revenue was reported to be £3.44 m in FY, 2017
    GBP

    Revenue (FY, 2017)

    		3.4m

    Net income (FY, 2017)

    		275.8k

    EBITDA (FY, 2017)

    		206.4k

    EBIT (FY, 2017)

    		203.3k

    Market valuation

    		172.0m

    Cash (31-Dec-2017)

    		1.1m
    Annual
    GBPFY, 2016FY, 2017

    Revenue

    		3.2m3.4m

    Operating expense total

    		3.0m3.2m

    EBITDA

    		206.4k

    EBITDA margin, %

    		6%
    Quarterly
    USDQ3, 2016Q3, 2017

    Revenue

    		9.4m16.7m
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    GBPFY, 2005FY, 2006FY, 2007FY, 2008FY, 2009FY, 2010FY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017

    Cash

    		80.050.043.2k908.014.01.1m402.1k1.8m938.1k3.4m2.9m1.0m1.1m

    Accounts Receivable

    		122.9k328.2k868.8k1.8m2.4m1.2m2.2m967.7k719.5k14.1m19.4m

    Inventories

    		2.2k61.3k

    Current Assets

    		18.4k17.4k227.4k329.1k868.8k2.9m2.8m3.0m3.1m4.4m3.7m15.7m21.4m
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    GBPFY, 2016FY, 2017

    Net Income

    		(275.0k)275.8k
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    GBPY, 2017

    Revenue/Employee

    		22.2k

    Financial Leverage

    		48.1 x
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    Boku Operating Metrics

    Boku's Users was reported to be 3.2 b in Nov, 2017.
    Nov, 2017

    Users

    		3.20 b
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    Boku Online and Social Media Presence

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    Boku News and Updates

    July 05, 2018

    Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) Market Sales Revenue and Emerging technology | Analysis by Leading Players: NTT DoCoMo, Bango, Boku, Singtel, Swisscom, T-Mobile, Fortumo

    Direct Carrier Billing Market Research Report, By Component (Hardware, Software & Services), Authentication (Single-Factor Authentication and Two Factor Authentication), Type (MO Base Window), Platform (Android), and By Feature - Forecast till 2023 Posted via Industry Today. Follow us on Twitter…
    November 28, 2017

    Staying afloat: What the string of shelved IPOs means for investors

    It takes a brave business leader to list their company on a public stock exchange, and while the success of an IPO is largely based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals, it’s also a delicate act of timing. This month, we’ve seen a string of British companies shelve their plans to float, includin…
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    Boku Blogs

    September 04, 2018

    BRR Interview – Interim Results

    Jon Prideaux, CEO of Boku, the world’s leading independent direct carrier billing company, talks us through the Company’s 2018 Interim Results. The post BRR Interview – Interim Results appeared first on BOKU Inc (LON:BOKU).
    September 04, 2018

    Edison Executive Interview

    In this video, CFO Stuart Neal discusses the highlights of the interim results and how the company expects to balance growth and profitability in the future. CEO Jon Prideaux goes on to provide an overview of how the company’s relationships with merchants are progressing, before describing some of t…
    July 09, 2018

    BRR Interview – Trading Update

    Jon Prideaux, CEO of Boku, the world’s leading independent direct carrier billing company, talks us through the Company’s most recent Trading Update. The post BRR Interview – Trading Update appeared first on BOKU Inc (LON:BOKU).

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