Upstream

Upstream is accelerating mobile commerce in high-growth markets. Our software and infrastructure platform already enables 1.2 billion people to effortlessly receive and pay for the most relevant and affordable digital subscription services on their mobile devices. We have 80 million paying subscribers in 45 countries, making purchases worth $237 million in 2016 alone and growing rapidly through 10 regional hubs in Latin America, Europe, Africa, South-East Asia and the Middle East. We offer useful and exciting subscription-based services, adapted to local consumer preferences and available technology infrastructure. We market these services to all the countries we operate in, optimizing multiple digital channels and engagement techniques. We monetize through subscription-based micro-payments, made possible by our deep integration with over 60 mobile operators' billing systems. Our MINT 2.0 mobile platform optimizes sourcing and localization, marketing, delivery and insights, leveraging payments from more than 10 billion consumer interactions annually, achieving the highest conversion rates to purchase.