Kik is the First Real BlackBerry Messenger Competitor, Raises $8m

Kik Interactive, the company behind the mobile messenger app that mimics Blackberry Messenger in every meaningful way, has raised $8 million in first round of funding from RRE Ventures, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures.

Kik Interactive, the company behind the mobile messenger app that mimics Blackberry Messenger in every meaningful way, has raised $8 million in first round of funding from RRE Ventures, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures.

Kik will be using the newly acquired cash to fuel the next round of development, which includes release of group messaging and picture sharing features. In other words, Kik is already eyeing the few features that it lacks as compared to the popular BlackBerry Messenger.

The group messaging feature that Kik has just released, allows users of iOS and Android devices to add upto 10 people in a conversation.

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