Acquired by Skype
Industries MessagingMobileVideoHeadquarters Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast Closed Date Mar 24, 2016 Founded Date Jun 1, 2006 Founders Bhaskar Roy, Nikolay Abkairov, Ramu Sunkara Operating Status Closed Last Funding Type Venture - Series Unknown Legal Name Visivo Communications Inc.
Company Type For Profit
Contact Email info@qik.com Phone Number +1 877 745 7459
Qik is an online messenger that allows its users to exchange video messages between individuals or within a group. The first version of the Qik service was launched as a private alpha in January 2008 and then as a public beta in August 2008. Since then the company has expanded its service to support millions of users in over 160 countries and on
all the major smartphones (over 140 models) including iPhone, Android, Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. Qik was founded by Ramu Sunkara, Bhaskar Roy, and Nikolay Abkairov, and has attracted investments from individuals and companies such as Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Marc Benioff, Quest Venture Partners, and CampVentures. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California with an office in Zelenograd, Moscow, Russia. In 2011, Qik, Inc., a Silicon Valley startup, was acquired by Skype Technologies.
Transaction Name Qik acquired by SkypeAcquired by SkypeAnnounced Date Jan 6, 2011 Price $150M