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Qik

Qik is an online messenger that allows its users to exchange video messages between individuals or within a group.

Qik service supported millions of users in over 160 countries and on all the major smart phones (over 140 models) including iPhone, Android, Symbian, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. Qik enabled users to record and upload video directly from supported cell phones to numerous services including Ovi Share, Facebook, Twitter, Livestream, YouTube, Blogger, Seesmic, Tumblr, WordPress, Digg, StumbleUpon, Del.icio.us, MySpace, and Technorati. In 2011, Qik was acquired by Skype Technologies.

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Acquirer
Skype
Founders
Bhaskar Roy
Nikolay Abkairov
Ramu Sunkara
CEO
Vijay Tella
Year of 1-st Almaz investment
2010
Stage of investment
series A
Year of exit
2011
Co-investors
Quest Venture Partners
Marc Adreesen
Ben Horowitz
Marc Benioff
Telesoft Partners
Office locations
Silicon Valley
USA
Russia (R&D)
Almaz team working on the company
Alexander Galitsky
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