Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm based in New York, founded in 2001. It specializes in both public and private equity, focusing on companies that harness technological innovation. The firm employs a long-term investment strategy, targeting high-quality growth opportunities across a diverse range of industries. In its public equity operations, Tiger Global utilizes both long/short and growth strategies, while its private equity segment invests in companies at various stages, from early to late stage. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Tiger Global Management aims to partner with its portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle to maximize growth and value.

Jay Chen

Partner

Chase Coleman

Partner

Evan Feinberg

Partner

Kooshul Jhaveri

Investor

Alex Kimball

Partner

Connie Lee

Partner

Edward Huanzhong Lei

Partner

Nate Lippincott

Investor

Gregory Mazlin

Partner

Griffin Schroeder

Partner

Scott Shleifer

Partner

Pengfei Wang

Partner

Vincent Monti

Investor

Past deals in Messaging

Meesho

Secondary Market in 2025
Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Meesho

Venture Round in 2024
Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho connects manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers with resellers who use social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook to sell products to their network of friends and family. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

WATI

Series B in 2022
WATI is an early-stage, fast-growing SaaS platform that is revolutionizing how businesses communicate with their customers. We believe customer relationships are built through conversations, one message at a time. Through our cutting-edge customer engagement software built on WhatsApp’s Business API, businesses are now able to have personalized conversations, be easily accessible and engage with their customers in real-time - at scale! We live in the on-demand economy, where customers expect fast, simple and easy service and that’s exactly what our platform empowers companies to do. This is made possible through WATI’s easy-to-use platform that can be made up and running in no time. As a result, small and medium businesses have embraced the platform rapidly, and thousands of customers across 54 countries are now using WATI within just a year of launch.

Treble.ai

Series A in 2022
Treble.ai, Inc. is a Colombian company that specializes in providing a platform designed to enhance customer support for businesses. The platform facilitates the collection of customer feedback through SMS and email, enabling companies to gain valuable insights into their customers' needs. Additionally, Treble.ai offers tools for automating customer interactions via WhatsApp, allowing businesses to streamline their operations and engage in effective marketing practices. By focusing on mobile communications, Treble.ai aims to make these interactions more agile, intelligent, and personal, helping businesses stay attuned to their users' requirements.

SleekFlow

Series A in 2022
SleekFlow is a developer of an omnichannel conversational AI suite focused on enhancing customer engagement. The platform facilitates seamless and personalized customer journeys across popular messaging channels such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and live chat. By leveraging advanced conversational AI capabilities, SleekFlow aims to streamline business operations, enabling marketing, sales, and support teams to prioritize meaningful interactions. The solution automates routine tasks, optimizes customer interactions, and provides consistent support, empowering businesses to scale effectively. Headquartered in Singapore, SleekFlow also operates in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, and the UAE. In August 2024, the company raised $7 million in a Series A+ funding round, bringing its total funding to $15 million.

KitaLulus

Series A in 2022
KitaLulus is a professional networking and job search platform based in Jakarta, Indonesia, founded in 2021. The platform aims to enhance community welfare by improving individual job opportunities. It offers users access to online courses designed to prepare them for government and professional exams, allowing them to build relevant skills and knowledge. In addition to educational resources, KitaLulus facilitates the formation of professional networks by connecting users with communities that align with their educational and professional backgrounds. Users can browse available job listings and directly contact potential employers via WhatsApp, streamlining the job application process.

GupShup

Private Equity Round in 2022
GupShup is a company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, that specializes in smart messaging software aimed at enhancing customer engagement. Its platform facilitates communication and sharing of short messages both privately and publicly. GupShup handles over 4 billion messages each month and has delivered more than 150 billion messages in total. The company has developed tools that enable brands and businesses to interact with customers effectively across mobile devices, thereby fostering long-lasting relationships. A notable product is Teamchat, a smart messaging app that introduced innovative "smart" messages in 2014. Additionally, GupShup offers a smart messaging platform that provides developers with resources to build, test, deploy, monitor, and track bots and other messaging services efficiently.

Push Protocol

Series A in 2022
Push Protocol is a decentralized communication platform designed for the web3 ecosystem, enabling users to receive notifications related to both on-chain and off-chain activities. The protocol facilitates notifications from various decentralized applications (dApps), smart contracts, and backend services, all linked to users' wallet addresses. This allows for a flexible and open communication network where notifications can be triggered by diverse on-chain or off-chain logic. Push Protocol operates in a gasless, multichain, and platform-agnostic manner, ensuring that any crypto wallet or infrastructure service can display these notifications to users. By leveraging this system, users can engage with notifications and potentially earn cryptocurrency rewards through their interactions.

Discord

Series H in 2021
Discord is a communication platform that provides voice, video, and text services for individuals and communities to connect and interact. Initially designed for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as hiking clubs, art communities, and study groups. The platform enables seamless communication through voice-over-internet protocol and instant messaging, accessible on both desktop and mobile devices. This versatility allows users to engage with friends and communities effectively, whether for leisure or collaborative activities, without compromising performance during gaming or other online interactions.

Hologram

Series B in 2021
Hologram, Inc. is a company that specializes in cloud-based Internet connectivity solutions for managing Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Founded in 2014 in Chicago, Illinois, Hologram offers a cellular platform that allows manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and system integrators to create devices with cellular connectivity. The company's Konekt cloud service acts as a data broker, facilitating the routing and storage of data generated by devices, which supports users in maintaining their infrastructure. Hologram also provides a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Short Messaging Service (SMS) that enhances notifications and system integrations for Internet-connected devices. The company has established itself as a vital partner for various technology initiatives, enabling the connectivity of micromobility vehicles, self-driving cars, and drones, as well as supporting health devices in remote areas. Hologram aims to be the key operating system for global connectivity as the number of connected devices continues to grow.

GupShup

Series F in 2021
GupShup is a company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, that specializes in smart messaging software aimed at enhancing customer engagement. Its platform facilitates communication and sharing of short messages both privately and publicly. GupShup handles over 4 billion messages each month and has delivered more than 150 billion messages in total. The company has developed tools that enable brands and businesses to interact with customers effectively across mobile devices, thereby fostering long-lasting relationships. A notable product is Teamchat, a smart messaging app that introduced innovative "smart" messages in 2014. Additionally, GupShup offers a smart messaging platform that provides developers with resources to build, test, deploy, monitor, and track bots and other messaging services efficiently.

Bird

Series C in 2021
MessageBird powers communication between businesses and their customers — across any channel, always with the right context, and on every corner of the planet. Its products and solutions are the foundational building blocks to business communications across preferred channels, like SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, WeChat, Messenger, Email and more. Founded in Amsterdam in 2011, MessageBird connects to billions of devices and is trusted by nearly 20,000 customers. It operates across nine worldwide hubs and is proud to be a “Work Anywhere” company.

AfterShip

Series B in 2021
AfterShip Ltd. is a Hong Kong-based company, founded in 2011, that provides a software-as-a-service platform for shipment tracking and notifications. Its application enables online retailers to monitor the delivery status of packages from various couriers in a centralized location. By sending delivery notifications via email and SMS, AfterShip keeps customers informed throughout the shipping process, whether a package is in transit, out for delivery, or delivered. The platform also offers a range of automation tools aimed at enhancing e-commerce operations, including sales, marketing, and order management. Trusted by over 100,000 businesses globally, AfterShip serves prominent e-commerce platforms and well-known brands, facilitating a seamless buying and selling experience for users worldwide.

GupShup

Series F in 2021
GupShup is a company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, that specializes in smart messaging software aimed at enhancing customer engagement. Its platform facilitates communication and sharing of short messages both privately and publicly. GupShup handles over 4 billion messages each month and has delivered more than 150 billion messages in total. The company has developed tools that enable brands and businesses to interact with customers effectively across mobile devices, thereby fostering long-lasting relationships. A notable product is Teamchat, a smart messaging app that introduced innovative "smart" messages in 2014. Additionally, GupShup offers a smart messaging platform that provides developers with resources to build, test, deploy, monitor, and track bots and other messaging services efficiently.

Attentive

Series E in 2021
Attentive is a leader in conversational commerce, offering a personalized mobile messaging platform that facilitates communication between businesses and consumers. The platform leverages behavioral data to enable brands to send automated, tailored messages throughout the customer lifecycle, including product recommendations, promotions, and real-time customer support. By focusing on SMS communication, Attentive helps entrepreneurs and enterprises engage more effectively with their customers, enhancing relationships and driving sales in the e-commerce and retail sectors.

Acquire

Series B in 2021
Acquire is a unified customer engagement platform that brings all communication, interactions, channels, and tools under one roof. With Acquire, teams are able to respond to customers instantly using live chat, chatbots, cobrowse, video and voice, email, SMS, and more — all from one simplified dashboard.

Attentive

Series D in 2020
Attentive is a leader in conversational commerce, offering a personalized mobile messaging platform that facilitates communication between businesses and consumers. The platform leverages behavioral data to enable brands to send automated, tailored messages throughout the customer lifecycle, including product recommendations, promotions, and real-time customer support. By focusing on SMS communication, Attentive helps entrepreneurs and enterprises engage more effectively with their customers, enhancing relationships and driving sales in the e-commerce and retail sectors.

SendBird

Series B in 2019
SendBird is a platform that specializes in messaging and chat APIs for mobile applications and websites, aiming to enhance customer interactions through digitized communication. The platform allows businesses to initiate autonomous support and sales conversations, while still involving human agents for more complex inquiries. With a focus on omnichannel AI, SendBird facilitates the creation of AI agents that can engage customers proactively, fostering meaningful connections at scale. The company serves over 4,000 leading applications, including DoorDash, Match Group, Noom, and Yahoo Sports, and processes more than 7 billion conversations monthly. SendBird is recognized for its reliability, security, and compliance with enterprise-level requirements. Headquartered in California, the company is supported by notable investors, including ICONIQ, SoftBank, and Y Combinator.

Hike

Series D in 2016
Hike is a blockchain gaming company that aims to merge the best aspects of Web2 and Web3, focusing on creating new economic opportunities within the gaming industry. Central to its vision is the Rush Gaming Universe (RGU), a social gaming experience that allows players to engage in gameplay while earning rewards. In addition to gaming, Hike has developed a multilingual messaging application that facilitates virtual connections among users, enabling them to share thoughts and emotions through stickers and emojis. This dual focus on gaming and communication positions Hike as a forward-thinking entity in the evolving landscape of digital interaction and entertainment.

Hike

Series C in 2014
Hike is a blockchain gaming company that aims to merge the best aspects of Web2 and Web3, focusing on creating new economic opportunities within the gaming industry. Central to its vision is the Rush Gaming Universe (RGU), a social gaming experience that allows players to engage in gameplay while earning rewards. In addition to gaming, Hike has developed a multilingual messaging application that facilitates virtual connections among users, enabling them to share thoughts and emotions through stickers and emojis. This dual focus on gaming and communication positions Hike as a forward-thinking entity in the evolving landscape of digital interaction and entertainment.

Momo

Series D in 2014
Momo is a free location-based services instant messaging application that enables smartphone users to chat with people nearby. It allows users to connect with others in the same location and share free texts, audio notes, and photographs over the internet. The app helps users find like-minded people around them anywhere and anytime. Since its launch in August, 2011, Momo has since registered 80 million users after two years and three months. The number of daily active users is 13 million and the number of monthly active users is 39 million. An average of 500 million messages are generated daily during one-on-one conversations or group chatting.

VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group)

Venture Round in 2005
Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites (Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company. Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.
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