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Hike is a mobile application that enables its users to communicate with each other. The application enables its users to communicate through voice calls and text messages, access group chats, pin important messages, send and receive attachments, and connect on both online and offline modes. It provides several features such as chat themes, online and offline privacy, and other related features.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2012 | |
| HQ | New Delhi, IN | Map |
| Website | hike.in |
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Latest Updates
| Employees (est.) (Sept 2020) | 290 | |
| Cybersecurity rating | B | More |
Key People/Management at Hike
Kevin Mittal
CEO & Founder
Vidur Vyas
CMO
Hike Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2012 |
Hike total Funding | $261 m |
Hike latest funding size | $175 m |
Time since last funding | 4 years ago |
Hike investors | SoftBank Capital, Matt Mullenweg, Tiger Global Management, Tencent Holdings, Foxconn Technology Group, Ruchi Sanghvi, Bharti Enterprises, Traveon Rogers, Aditya Agarwal, Bharti Soft Bank |
Hike's latest funding round in August 2016 was reported to be $175 m. In total, Hike has raised $261 m. Hike's latest valuation is reported to be $1.4 b.
Hike Revenue
Market valuation | 1.4b |
Hike Cybersecurity Score
Hike Online and Social Media Presence
29.78k Twitter followers
Hike has 29.78k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has decreased 0.5% month over month and decreased 2.1% quarter over quarter
Hike's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @hikeapp
5.4k
Tweets
4
Following
29.8k
Followers
55
Tweets last 30 days
6.8
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
Hike News and Updates
September 21, 2020
Shock Absorbers Market Estimated to Experience a Hike in Growth by 2028
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September 11, 2020
Japan’s Suga Sees No Need for Sales Tax Hike in Next Decade
Suga Says He Sees No Sales Tax Hike For Japan in Next 10 Years
September 08, 2020
Japanese Merchants’ Mood Improves to Least Gloomy Since Tax Hike
Japanese Merchants’ Mood Improves to Least Gloomy Since Tax Hike
September 02, 2020
Automotive Gas Charged Shock Absorbers Market Estimated to Experience a Hike in Growth by 202611
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August 28, 2020
Hike appoints Suvesh Malhotra as VP, Head of Engineering
Hike appointed Malhotra, who has over 15 years of experience, and was previously the Senior Vice President, Technology, at OYO Hotels & Homes.
August 27, 2020
Murphy to Consider New Jersey Gas-Tax Hike With Driving Down
Murphy to Consider New Jersey Gas-Tax Hike With Driving Down
Hike Blogs
November 29, 2018
The 4 Stages of a Start-up & Why Revenue is Just Another Feature
This is something that I talk about quite regularly with our teams at Hike. Today, I’ve penned down some of these thoughts about how I look at start-ups that are building apps in the internet space and what it means to build a business over time.There are typically 4 stages of a start-up that’s buil…
November 02, 2018
Celebrate this festive season with new animated stickers on Hike
Choose from over 100 stickers with traditional greetingsOctober 29, 2018: Hike, India’s first homegrown messaging app, has launched new animated sticker packs for Dhanteras, Diwali and Bhai Dooj.The new sticker packs bring out the different dimensions of the festival and associated celebrations. You…
November 01, 2018
Mobile Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI & CD)
Push fast, push often — moving testing upfront in the development cycleBy Ishaan Bhatnagar and Astha Sharma, Program and Release Team, HikeEarlier this year, Kavin Bharti Mittal (our Founder and CEO) decided it was time to re-tool our systems and re-build our culture. He asked one big loaded questio…
October 30, 2018
Code Clean up with Kotlin
People started learning Kotlin especially after it became an official language for Android development. It has many features which are not supported or difficult to write in Java .In this blogpost, I will cover few topics which are useful in every day development of Android as it reduces the code, a…
October 25, 2018
Product Playbook: Our New UX Model
By Pathik Shah, VP Products @ HikeDefinitely not how we want to have our beloved users experience HikeNavigating through this while building products for millions of users, each of them different and diverse in their own way, can be quite tricky. For a while, we used the AARRRC funnel inspired by 50…
October 22, 2018
All Hands, TGIFs & more. How we communicate with our teams @ Hike
All Hands, TGIFs & more. How we communicate with our teams at Team Hike
In a fast-moving environment, where things are evolving so quickly it can get easy to get a little lost and lose sight of direction. When you’re around 150 people, this becomes even more apparent.That’s why we’ve found it vi…
Hike Frequently Asked Questions
When was Hike founded?
Hike was founded in 2012.
Who are Hike key executives?
Hike's key executives are Kevin Mittal and Vidur Vyas.
How many employees does Hike have?
Hike has 290 employees.
Who are Hike competitors?
Competitors of Hike include Snapdeal, Moxtra and WeChat.
Where are Hike offices?
Hike has an office in New Delhi.
How many offices does Hike have?
Hike has 1 office.
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