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PrivateFor profitTelecommunicationsKitchener, Ontario, Canada
Kik
Kik lets users connect with friends, groups, and the world around them through chat.
- Founded
- 2009 17 years ago
- Staff
- 101-250 55 on LinkedIn
- Followers
- 6k on LinkedIn
- Funding
- $216M as listed, USD
Kik is a messaging app that was founded in 2009 by a small but passionate group of University of Waterloo students. Today, it has millions of users and is focused on being the best place to have a meaningful conversation with someone new. To stay true to that mission, Kik launched Kin – a cryptocurrency that powers a digital economy inside of Kik. It is now one of the most used cryptocurrencies in the world. Kik is headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario. Check out our careers page at www.kik.com/careers
Set against six million companies
Size
101-250 people: larger than 85% of companies with a size listed. 55 people list it on LinkedIn.
Age
17 years old.
Reach
Website ranked #43,959 in the world for traffic, about 1.4M visits a month. 6,331 followers on LinkedIn.
What it does
AppsCryptocurrencyMessagingMobileSocial MediaVideo ChatWirelessMobile and Software Technologies
Funding, as listed
$216M raised in total
- Rounds7
- LatestInitial coin offering, Aug 2017
- Latest amountUSD 100,000,000
- Investors16, 3 leading
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Every detail we hold
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The company
- Name
- Kik
- Type
- For profit
- Status
- Private
- Founded
- 2009
- Founders
- Christopher Best, Ted Livingston
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Categories
- Apps, Cryptocurrency, Messaging, Mobile, Social Media, Video Chat, Wireless
- Specialities
- Mobile and Software Technologies
Where
- City
- Kitchener
- Region
- Ontario
- Country
- Canada
- Markets
- Great Lakes
Size and reach
- Staff band
- 101-250
- People on LinkedIn
- 55
- LinkedIn followers
- 6,331
- Web traffic rank
- #43,959
- Monthly web visits
- 1,421,389
- Apps
- 1
- App downloads
- 295,695
Funding, as listed
- Total
- $215,800,000 USD
- Rounds
- 7
- Latest round
- Initial coin offering
- Latest round date
- Aug 2017
- Latest amount
- 100,000,000 USD
- Investors
- 16
- Lead investors
- 3
- Listing status
- private
Corporate family
- Acquisitions made
- 3
About this record
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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