Hard Yaka

Hard Yaka, Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Crystal Bay, Nevada, is a private equity firm focusing on buyout and distressed investments. It specializes in investing in companies that facilitate digital transformation, such as those focused on portable identity, payments, and marketplaces. The firm typically seeks majority stakes in its investments. Additionally, Hard Yaka makes early round investments in startup companies within the exchange space, targeting verticals in specific exchange markets or horizontal services providers across various exchange sectors.

Pep Gomez

Partner

Jun Hiraga

Partner

Kevin Leiske

Partner

Margaret Slemmer

Partner

Katie Sullivan

Partner

Past deals in Messaging

Aircall

Seed Round in 2016
Aircall, established in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, France, specializes in cloud-based call center software for startups and small to medium-sized businesses. Its core product, Aircall, is a Software as a Service (SaaS) application that enables companies to set up and manage phone support online. Aircall's voice platform integrates with popular productivity and helpdesk tools, making it easy for businesses to manage and monitor customer support and sales engagement in real-time.

chat.center

Seed Round in 2014
Chat Center is the best way to help customers or friends connect with you for Chat. Once you install the app you can claim a Chat Name. This name can be expressed as a URL. For example, the Chat Name for Chat Center Customer Care is http://chatcenter.me/cc. Anybody who clicks on the name is instantly in a chat with you. Because the name is a URL it can be shared anywhere. -- Businesses can put it on a web site to enable "Click to Chat" for customers. -- It can be placed in an email signature. -- Social Network members can place it in their profile to enable "Click to Chat" from the social network to the name owner. This works great on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or Ello for example. -- Including it in blog posts or other web pages, -- Share it in Tweets or Instagram messages, -- Or just share it with customers, friends and family privately. Our vision is that every business and individual on earth can have a Chat Name that links to their iPhone, allowing each of us to be connected to each other through a simple name. This approach means that those trying to chat with you do not need to have the Chat Center App. All they need is the name or a link. Most Names are Free. However we do have Premium Names for $1.99 a month or $19.99 annually. These are short names and familiar names, including Brands and Trademarks, Places, Common Names. But we have gone one step further. We have made every mobile number on earth a Chat Address for outbound messaging. Chat Center imports your contacts from your address book into the app. From the very start, and with no effort, you can start a chat with any of your contacts for whom you already have a mobile number. They will reply to you right in chat center. This is Free outbound messaging. No SMS bills. By installing Chat Center on your iPhone or iPad you will get alerts and notifications for all inbound chats. Of course you can choose to answer or block any chat request.

MightyText

Venture Round in 2012
MightyText is a technology company based in the Bay Area, California, founded by a team with experience from notable firms such as Google, Zynga, and Cisco. The company operates a messaging application that allows users to send and receive SMS and MMS messages as well as phone calls from their computers or tablets. By utilizing a user’s phone number, MightyText ensures that messages remain synchronized with the phone's SMS inbox, helping individuals manage their communications more efficiently and avoid missing important notifications. The platform leverages the capabilities of the Android operating system to enhance user experience and accessibility for consumers worldwide.
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