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hike

Consumer Services · New Delhi, India · Founded 2012 Unicorn

Hike, once a popular messaging app, has pivoted its business model to focus on the online gaming market with the launch of the Rush Gaming Universe (RGU). This platform targets the rapidly growing casual gaming segment in India, offering a variety of board games and other casual games where players can compete for real money. The RGU operates on a play-to-earn model, where users can participate in tournaments and win from a prize pool. The company generates revenue by taking a percentage of the winnings from these games. This shift in strategy comes after the discontinuation of the Hike Messenger app in early 2021, as the company seeks to capitalize on the booming mobile gaming industry. Keywords: mobile gaming, play-to-earn, real-money gaming, casual games, online gaming platform, indian gaming market, digital entertainment, gaming community, skill-based gaming, competitive gaming

Valuation

$1–2.5B

Latest valuation · 2016

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Revenue

<$1M

Latest reported FY

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Headcount

100–500

Current team size

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Total funding● Pre-IPO

$100–500M

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Investors

21 investors on hike's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Seed 9 investors entered at this stage

Justin Mateen

Binny Bansal

Bhavin Turakhia

Sean Rad

Rohit Bansal

Kunal Shah

Rajeev Misra

Arjun Sethi

Kunal Bahl

Series A 1 investor entered at this stage

Bharti Soft Bank

Series B+ 11 investors entered at this stage

Tiger Global

Aditya Agarwal

Traveon Rogers

Matt Mullenweg

Ruchi Sanghvi

Tencent

Foxconn Technology Group

SoftBank

Republic Crypto

Tribe Capital

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Global footprint

Where hike has talent and traffic

Workforce by country

6 countries with
team presence

🇮🇳 India91.2%

🇺🇸 United States3.3%

🇳🇬 Nigeria1.1%

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates1.1%

🇮🇹 Italy1.1%

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Talent graph

The shape of hike's talent

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69 team members profilednamed & role-tagged by Dealroom

391 employeestotal headcount

2 executives & foundersidentified by name

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about hike

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