hike.inConsumer & LifestyleFounded: 2012Funding to Date: $261MM
Hike a mobile messaging application designed to connect people virtually. The company's application allows a multilingual messaging service that helps users to share their thoughts and emotions using stickers and emojis and it has also developed an online gaming platform where users can earn real money by competing, enabling users to share messages and media with their friends and families. Hike was founded in 2011 by Sai Garimella and Srinivas Kondethimmanapalli.