Tencent is our partner, we take inspiration from them: Hike Founder

Wallet has a feature named blue packet where users can insert money into and send to their friends

Hike Messenger, which became a unicorn (private firms valued at more the $ 1 billion) last year, on Tuesday announced the launch of its wallet, becoming the first messaging app in India to do so.

Hike, founded in 2012 by Kavin Bharti Mittal, son of telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal, raised $175 million in August last year from investors such as Chinese internet firm Tencent and Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn at a valuation of $1.4 billion. Kiran Rathee interviews Hike's founder and chief executive officer, Kavin Bharti Mittal. Edited excerpts:

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