Hike Messenger
Hike Messenger (stylized as hike) is a cross-platform instant messaging service for smartphones that uses the internet for communication. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other graphical stickers,[6] emoticons, images, videos, audios, files, voice messages, contacts and user location.
Hike was launched on 12 December 2012 [7] and raised its first round of funding of $7 million from Bharti SoftBank in April 2013. Hike is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Softbank.[8] Hike's founder is Kavin Bharti Mittal (the son of Bharti Mittal, the founder of Airtel).

History
Launched on 12 December 2012, Hike attained 15 million users in February 2014 and raised $14 million for its development.[8] Over the next few months, the application introduced free text messaging anywhere in India, chat themes, updated stickers, hidden chats and revamped user interface. In August 2014, Hike hit 35 million users and raised another big round of funding - $65 million - led by Tiger Global.
Hike Messenger made its first acquisition, buying free voice-calling company Zip Phones, which allowed it to launch free app based calling services that are emerging as a key draw for users.[9]
In 2015, Hike launched the "Great Indian Sticker Challenge" to invite designers to design new stickers. As per the communication statistics on Hike, 30% of the traffic comes from stickers.[10]
On Oct 2015, the CEO of hike announced that the userbase of hike reached up to 70 million and more than 20 billion messages are shared each month.[11] and in December according to hike blog hike is sharing over 1 billion messages every single day and 30 billion+ messages a month.[12] As of January 2016 hike has crossed the mark of 100 million users. "Crossing 100 million users is a milestone for us and we have achieved this magic number well ahead of our expectations," Hike