Hiya Raises $18M to Transform Mobile Calling Worldwide
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SEATTLE and LONDON, Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hiya, the fast-growth startup which makes mobile phone calls more contextual for millions of users, today announced that it has raised $18M in Series A funding to expand globally. Hiya also makes it easier to place outbound calls to businesses by integrating the local search experience directly into the phones dialer.The company already provides these services to more than 20M users in 196 countries, mainly via partnerships with some of the worlds leading carriers and smartphone OEMs including AT&T and Samsung mobile. "The Hiya team is embarking on a huge journey to tackle the ever-growing menace of spam and scam calls at a global scale, and in the process, its building a worldwide database of local businesses," says Baldertons Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, who will be Hiyas fourth board director, alongside Alex Algard, Geoff Entress, Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs, and Mike McSherry, CEO of Xealth. "Were incredibly excited about the potential of Hiyas contextual technology embedded within the dialer app, which facilitates a connection between local businesses and consumers at the optimal moment. Among Baldertons current portfolio are: Aircall, Carwow, Citymapper, Kobalt Music, LoveCrafts, Nutmeg, Prodigy Finance, Revolut, ROLI, SOPHiA Genetics, The Hut Group and Zopa.