Messaging Start-Up Raises $38.3 Million and Acquires Service Based on GIFs MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED The moves are aimed at helping Kik Interactive achieve its goal of becoming the Western version of WeChat, the enormously successful messaging service in China. November 19, 2014 at 12:00AM http://nyti.ms/1uaCRWQ The New York Times Business Day Instant Messaging, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Start-ups, Venture Capital

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. Business Day http://nyti.ms/1uaCRWQ Messaging Start-Up Raises $38.3 Million and Acquires Service Based on GIFs November 19, 2014 at 12:00AM The New York Times