TikL
Turn your smartphone into the ultimate push-to-talk walkie-talkie.
San Francisco, United States · Founded 2012 · $7.4M raised
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2012
- Business Model
- B2C
- Total Funding
- $7.4M
- Last Round
- $5.3M Series BSep 2014
- Rounds
- 3
About
TiKL (also known as Talkray) is a Y Combinator-backed push-to-talk mobile communications company that turns smartphones into walkie-talkies for instant voice and group messaging across Android and iPhone. Founded by Zafer Ahmed and part of YC Winter 2012, TiKL's two apps — TiKL Touch To Talk and Talkray — amassed 28 million downloads with zero marketing spend. The company raised $2.1M from General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Lerer Ventures, and SV Angel, later adding a $5.3M Series B in 2014, and opened a developer API for embedding push-to-talk into third-party apps.
Summary
TikL is a Messaging & Communications company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2012. It has raised $7.4M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $5.3M Series B round in Sep 2014. Investors include General Catalyst, Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz.
Funding History
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