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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
Blockchain Capital
Bolt Financial, Anchorage Digital, OpenSea, Blockstream, Kik, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, Bitfury Group, Ripple, Kraken, Xapo
Foundation Capital
Rappi, Fair, Cerebras Systems, Graphcore, Cohesity, Bolt Threads, OpenSea, Current, Kiavi, States Title
RRE Ventures
Avant, Bolt Financial, Collective Health, Noom, Bowery Farming, BuzzFeed, Knock, VTS, Wag!, Moda Operandi
Spark Capital
Anduril Industries, Slack, Affirm, MessageBird, Discord, Rapyd, Plaid, Cybereason, Plume Design, Deel
SV Angel
Snap, Instacart, Stripe, Anduril Industries, DoorDash, Reddit, Zenefits, Pinterest, Opendoor, Slack
Tencent Holdings
Flipkart, Swiggy, Ola, Reddit, Nubank, Discord, Miniso, SoundHound, Airwallex, Blockstream
Union Square Ventures
Coinbase, Upgrade, MongoDB, C2FO, Stash Financial, Twilio, Funding Circle, Etsy, CloudFlare, Lending Club
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
Press
Wall Streets Journal - May, 14 2019
Teens Smuggle Burner Phones to Defy ParentsForbes - Feb, 18 2019
The Case Of Authorities Vs. KIK - What Do We Know So Far?TechCrunch - Jul, 18 2018
Kik launches beta product after $100 million ICOCCN - Jul, 17 2018
Kik Beta App 'Kinit' Goes Live on Google Play after $100 Million ICOHiBusiness (blog) - Jul, 14 2018
Kik Messenger Launches $3 Million Developer Fund To Establish 25 'Kin Economies'Chilton Times Journal - Jul, 13 2018
Global Chatbot Market 2018 – Baidu, Poncho, Kik, WeChatCrypto Disrupt - Jul, 12 2018
KIK Messenger Launches Developer's Cryptocurrency Fund worth USD 3 Million- Sep, 26 2017
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