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Boku

Democratising access to web3

1-20 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2C
  • Lifestyle
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Investing
  • Trading
  • Blockchain
  • Web 3.0
London, UK

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Company mission

You know that we're still very early with crypto when there are no single products you love to use yet. Offerings are plenty, but all look the same - too technical, expensive, non-transparent, and even insecure. Boku is changing that for good as the first-ever access layer bringing the best crypto opportunities from across centralised and decentralised worlds to a delightful/commission-free/social mobile app.

Otta's take

Sam Franklin headshot

Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

There’s a lot of talk in the blockchain space about onboarding the next billion users; but first the sector needs to resolve its ease-of-use issue. Firstly, navigating the current obstacle course of self-custody accounts, keys, and exchanges requires substantial know-how. And secondly, once you’re there, many existing markets naturally favour top hedge funds with the resources and expertise to take on risk and make substantial passive income from trading volumes. Boku’s hoping its new platform might help crypto get over this mass-adoption hump.

It’s a centralised, chain-agnostic yield/liquidity aggregator that will allow users to access transparent, commission-free trading opportunities on par with those leveraged by top hedge funds. Importantly, it will put a high premium on seamless UX and social trading - and has done away (for now at least) with the daunting self-custody wallet: users can do one-touch payments using Apple or Google Pay.

In theory, this would dissolve the most important barriers stopping the increasingly fintech-friendly consumer market from jumping on the blockchain. It’s a trick the founding team already helped pull off at Revolut, where they helped scale the company into the giant it is today. It will be interesting to see if they can repeat this success with Boku, slated for launch in 2022.

Benefits

  • Generous stock options
  • Unlimited holidays
  • Work from anywhere
  • Free dinners at the office
  • Latest equipment (MacBook Pro, etc.)

Company values

  • Treat any problem as solvable
  • Be creative
  • Act as the ultimate owner
  • Do good to others
  • Be obsessed with customers
  • Make history

Founders

Phuc To

(Co-founder & CEO)

Former Head of Retail & Product at Revolut

Mikael Peydayesh

(Co-founder)

Former Head of Core Payments, Premium & Shopping at Revolut.

Arthur J.

(Co-founder)

Former Head of Cards & Crypto Trading at Revolut.

Diversity & Inclusion at Boku

  • We have 8 different nationalities out of a team of 13, and we only see this as a strength. Having differences in opinions and backgrounds not only increases the overall quality of our work, it also makes it so much more fun. We absolutely want to keep having high diversity. People of any gender and background are welcome to come join the rocket ship!