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Boku, based in San Francisco, was started in 2009 and already employs 100 people.
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One of the most exciting aspects of my first year with BOKU was watching our incredible growth.
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Case in point: Heyzap, the so-called "YouTube of Flash games, " just partnered with mobile payments provider Boku this week.
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European investments include Boku, King.com, Mind Candy, OpenX, Soundcloud, Viagogo, and US companies include Etsy, Factual, Flipboard and Path.
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The examples of Silver Peak, IronKey and Boku illustrate openness to talent from around the world continues to help fuel innovation in America.
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The three men had worked together starting other companies and joined forces to create Boku when they saw a big opportunity in mobile payment.
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Last week, Boku announced new deals with 12 online gaming companies.
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But the industry has been looking for ways to better integrate payment systems, and other startups like Boku and Social Gold, have also been working on this.
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Thus, as tools of discovery (Heyzap) and monetization (Boku) improve on the Internet, game developers and players may not find themselves as bound to the social network anymore.
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Boku, which is more a middleman than a retailer like ASOS, recently tweaked its system to let users pay for goods with Facebook Credits instead of real cash.
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