Australian mobile app platform biNu has secured a $2 million funding round from Google Chairman Eric Smith’s venture company as well as other key investors from both the US and Australia.

 

Since launching early last year, biNu has attracted four million monthly users for its system, which brings iPhone-like experiences to low-end smartphones and feature phones.

 

biNu’s system provides fast and affordable access to apps for users across the world, particularly targeting emerging markets where phones often represent the only internet enabled device, and frequently represent the user’s first access to the internet.

 

“As publishers, content owners and social companies race into emerging markets looking for growth, mobile devices and mobile networks simply can’t keep up. biNu set out to give the 4 or 5 billion people who don’t have top end smartphones or reliable high bandwidth cellular networks a great mobile internet experience,” biNu co-founder and CEO Gour Lentell said.