Hike : Company profile

BY Divakar kumar panday

Hike is an Indian AI-led Unicorn startup that is committed to building a new social future. Hike believes that this future of social will have products that are joyful and built around people, not the other way around.

Founded :   December 12, 2012

Founder :  Kavin Bharti Mittal ( son of business tycoon Bharti Mittal.)

CEO :   Kavin Bharti Mittal

Website : https://hike.in/

The company is scaling that future through two unique products, Hike Sticker Chat & WinZO. Through Hike Sticker Chat, an expression platform, the company aims to reduce people’s dependency on the keyboard. It has also led the investment in WinZO, India’s online arcade platform.

In August 2016, Hike became the 10th Indian company to be valued at over $1 billion. Hike has raised over $261 million in capital from top-tier investors such as SoftBank, Tiger Global, Tencent, Foxconn & Bharti, among others.

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