Benjaminone
New York City, US · 5 known investors
Benjamin is a consumer rewards app that lets users earn cash by doing everyday activities such as playing games, shopping, scanning receipts, completing surveys, and watching ads. It positions itself as a platform that pays real cash rather than points.
Also known as Benjamin · Benjamin App · Benjamin Capital Partners, Inc · Benjamin One
Founders & leadership
Investors · 5
Also in the syndicate · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Benjamin (benjaminone.com), operated by New York-based Benjamin Capital Partners, Inc., is a consumer rewards application that pays users cash for completing everyday digital activities. The app's core earning channels are rewarded mobile games, surveys, receipt scanning on retail purchases, cash-back shopping through partner merchants, and watching advertisements. Marketing on the company site frames the target as earning "a Benjamin" ($100) or more per month from rewarded games alone, and highlights that balances are displayed in dollars rather than points.
The company describes a two-sided mission: enabling consumers to earn money through the Benjamin app, and enabling merchants, brands, banks, games and publishers to better monetize their audiences. Related descriptions position the platform as a financial/cash-back layer that connects consumers, retail and brands, and that can work alongside existing cards or loyalty programs to surface additional savings opportunities. Offer types documented in third-party coverage include installing and reaching levels in mobile games, completing surveys or service sign-ups, purchasing through partner merchants, and depositing funds into partner apps; payouts are made to PayPal or Venmo, with a fee charged for expedited withdrawal.
The app is distributed through the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and the company also runs partner-facing ("Partner With Us") and careers programs from its website."]
Business model
Benjamin operates a performance-marketing rewards model: advertisers, brands, merchants, games and publishers pay the company a commission when a user completes a promoted action (installing and progressing in a game, completing a survey, making a purchase, scanning a qualifying receipt, or watching an ad), and Benjamin shares a portion of that commission with the user as cash. Payouts are made to consumer payment accounts such as PayPal and Venmo, with a fee (reported at $0.99) charged for instant processing.
Commissions from advertisers, brands, merchants, game publishers and offerwall partners for user-completed actions, plus fees charged to users for expedited withdrawals.
Traction
The company's website claims over 1 million users. A third-party startup data page recorded roughly 250,400 monthly website visits. User reviews on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store dated 2024 report earnings in the range of tens to low hundreds of dollars per month.
Latest developments
Coverage published in January 2026 documents user-reported payment problems: more than 150 complaints alleging withheld rewards, locked accounts and missing high-value offer payouts; a withdrawal freeze announced in August 2025 attributed to system "upgrades" with payouts said to resume on December 3, 2025; daily withdrawal caps (reported at $50/day) and "System Busy" errors after withdrawals reopened; and a "withdrawal queue" mechanism introduced around December 9, 2025 with reported queue times of 22 to 99 days.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Benjamin competes in the consumer cash-rewards and offerwall category alongside independent survey and rewards networks such as Qmee, AttaPoll, Freecash and ySense; third-party coverage notes it is not affiliated with those networks and runs its own app, offer wall and payout system. Its stated differentiator is paying balances in dollars rather than points.
The product emphasizes cash-denominated balances rather than point systems, a single app aggregating multiple earning mechanics (rewarded games, surveys, receipt scanning, cash-back shopping and ads), and payouts routed to mainstream consumer wallets such as PayPal and Venmo. The platform is described as able to work alongside any existing card or loyalty program to identify additional cash-back opportunities.
Technology
Consumer mobile applications for iOS and Android with an in-app offer wall, reward tracking and cash-out flow connected to PayPal and Venmo; the marketing website is built on Webflow.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer mobile app distribution via the Apple App Store and Google Play, supported by a marketing website, blog and support resources; cash-back shopping partnerships with retail brands and offer inventory from advertisers and game publishers.
On the consumer side, US and other consumers seeking supplemental income from spare-time activities such as mobile gaming, surveys, shopping and receipt scanning. On the commercial side, merchants, brands, banks, mobile game studios and publishers seeking to monetize or acquire audiences through rewarded offers.
Geography
Headquartered in New York, with press coverage of its seed round also citing Oulu, Finland as a company location. Merchant examples on the company site span US retailers (Nike, Walmart) and the UK grocer Tesco.
History
Third-party sources give differing founding dates for the operating entity, Benjamin Capital Partners, Inc.: one profile lists 2021 as the year founded, while a January 2026 article describes the New York fintech as founded in 2022. The company ran a Regulation CF campaign on Wefunder that opened in June 2022 and closed in April 2023, and announced a $5.5M seed round in March 2024.
Risks & controversies
A January 2026 investigative article reports over 150 complaints against the company, including Better Business Bureau complaints from 2024 alleging that completed game offers (for example Rise of Kingdoms and Call of Dragons rewards totalling $411.36 for one user) were never paid, that higher-tier rewards disappeared before cash-out while lower-tier rewards paid, and that a partner casino-app deposit offer went unpaid. The same source reports a multi-month withdrawal freeze from August 2025, restrictive daily withdrawal caps and persistent errors after the announced December 3, 2025 resumption, and a withdrawal queue producing delays of up to 99 days. The company is described as listed at a New York address and not BBB accredited.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsBenjamin introduced a withdrawal queue in which payout requests are placed in line rather than processed immediately; users reported queue times of 22 to 99 days.
When withdrawals reopened, users reported a $50 per day withdrawal limit regardless of balance and repeated "System Busy" errors.
Benjamin announced a full pause on user withdrawals, attributed to system upgrades, telling users payouts would resume on December 3, 2025.
Benjamin Capital Partners, the New York- and Oulu, Finland-based holding company for the Benjamin cash-rewards app, announced $5.5M in seed funding led by Play Ventures with participation from F4 Fund, Anton Gauffin and Ilkka Teppo.
$5.5M source ↗
Media coverage and company materials identify Lon Otremba as CEO as of 2024.
A SEC Reg CF campaign on Wefunder using a SAFE, opened June 24, 2022 and closed April 30, 2023, raising $105,318.
$105.3K source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- Benjaminonebenjaminone.com · web
7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Benjaminone do?
- Benjamin is a consumer rewards app that pays users cash for playing mobile games, taking surveys, scanning receipts and watching ads.
- Who founded Benjaminone?
- Benjaminone was founded by Nouh Alkhafif.
- Who are Benjaminone's investors?
- Benjaminone's investors include Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., Expert DOJO, Play Ventures.
- Where is Benjaminone headquartered?
- Benjaminone is headquartered in New York City, US.