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Kik was founded in 2009, when a small but incredibly passionate group of University of Waterloo students decided to build a company that would shift the center of computing from the PC to the smartphone. Fast forward to today, and Kik has become the best way to connect with friends, no matter where you meet them. And unlike other messengers, Kik uses usernames - not phone numbers - as the basis for Kik accounts, so our users are always in complete control of who they talk to on Kik. But Kik isn`t just about our users chatting with their friends. Our ...
  • Number of Employees: 100-250
  • Annual Revenue: $0-1 Million
  • www.kik.com
  • 420 Weber Street North Suite I
    Waterloo, ON CAN N2L 4E7
  • Phone: N/A

Executives

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Funding

Kik raised $120.5M on 08/18/2015
Kik raised $50M on 08/29/2017

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