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Kik Stock

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Founded

2009

Notable Investors

Union Square Ventures

Headquarters

Waterloo, CA

Total Funding

$221M

About Kik Stock

Kik was founded in 2009 by a group of University of Waterloo students. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company now has 100+ employees working on the chat app that connects users with people, services, and businesses. Kik has raised $220.5M to date. Its VC investors are the same firms that first helped Twitter, Foursquare, Zynga and others become household names. China's Tencent, maker of WeChat, is also a strategic investor. The company has more than 300 million registered users.

Investors

Funding History

2010-01-01$4.7M
2011-03-01$8.0M
2013-04-01$19.5M
2014-11-01$38.3M
2015-08-01$50.0M
2017-08-01$100M

Management

CEO

Ted Livingston

CFO and COO

Peter Heinke

Founder and CTO

Christopher Best

Board Member (Union Square Ventures)

Fred Wilson

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