obopay

company

About

Obopay is a mobile application that allows consumers and businesses to purchase, pay, and transfer money through any mobile phone.

  • 101 - 250

Details

Last Funding Type
Series C
Last Funding Money Raised
$29M
Industries
Financial Services,Mobile,Mobile Payments
Founded date
Jan 1, 2005
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active

Obopay lets consumers and businesses purchase, pay, and transfer money through any mobile phone using Obopay’s mobile application, text message, mobile Web, or Obopay.com. Obopay works on any mobile phone and any carrier in the U.S. Obopay’s prepaid MasterCard works with any merchant that accepts MasterCard debit cards. Obopay has partnerships with Citi, Fidelity Information Services, MasterCard MoneySend, Bancorp, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and RIM.

Obopay has a wholly owned subsidiary in India whose service launched in March, 2008. Obopay India has announced partnerships with YES Bank, Aircel, BPL and Tata Indicom.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$66M
obopay has raised a total of $66M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 21, 2008 from a Series D round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Apr 21, 2008 Series D $20M 3 Essar Communications Holdings Detail
Jul 1, 2007 Series C $29M 2 Detail
Sep 1, 2006 Series B $7M 2 Detail
Mar 8, 2006 Series A $10M 2 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
4
obopay is funded by 4 investors. Essar Communications Holdings and Citi are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Essar Communications Holdings Yes Series D
Citi Series D
Redpoint Series D
Richmond Management Series B