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Hiya

Hiya is a Seattle-based company offering a voice performance platform.

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Founded by Alex Algard in 2016, Hiya offers a Voice Performance Platform that connects businesses with their customers, provides protection from spam and fraud calls, and assists carriers in securing their networks. The company's SaaS applications, Hiya Connect and Hiya Protect, serve users worldwide and power services like AT&T Call Protect and Samsung Smart Call.Hiya offers a monthly subscription for $2.99/month and a yearly subscription for $14.99/year. There is a 7 day free trial.

Platform

Hiya offers a caller identification application made for mobile users worldwide. The company's applications identify unknown numbers, then automatically blocks scam and spam threats. Through analysis of about 13 billion calls per month, Hiya protects over 100 million users from unwanted calls. Hiya is available as a consumer application on Google Android and iPhone and is integrated into the users phone experience for AT&T Call Protect, T-Mobile Name ID, and Samsung Galaxy, A-Series, and J-Series users.

With Hiya Connect, users can access voice metrics and insights, prevent inaccurate spam labeling, display name, logo, and call reason with Branded Call and protect their identity by preventing spoofing with Secure Call. Hiya Protect offers real-time detection, automatic fraud blocking, and spam call categorization. The Hiya App allows users to identify wanted or unwanted calls and access call management options like reverse phone number lookup from their personal devices.

Customers

Customers of the Hiya platform include Safelite, Penske, Just Eat, Assurance, Astutis, and QuinStreet. In the case of a company like Just Eat, it suggested Hiya's platform helped Just Eat increase the number of orders delivered per day with an 11 percent increase in answer rate. While Penske's Truck Leasing suggested that Hiya's platform helped Penske increase answer rates for higher sales conversions, with over a 100 percent increase in answer rates.

Timeline

October 19, 2017
Hiya has a post-money valuation in the range of $50M to $100M, according to PrivCo

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Further Resources

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Charter collaborates with Hiya to protect Spectrum Mobile customers from spam calls

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/charter-collaborates-with-hiya-to-protect-spectrum-mobile-customers-from-spam-calls--1334061

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Hiya & Samsung Extend Partnership, Bring Smart Call To Galaxy Note 20

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2020/10/hiya-samsung-extend-partnership-smart-call.html

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October 23, 2020

Seattle spam-call blockers Hiya add Salesforce President and CMO Sarah Franklin to board

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/seattle-spam-call-blockers-hiya-add-salesforce-president-cmo-sarah-franklin-board/

Web

August 5, 2021

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Company attributes

Industry
Solution Analysts
Solution Analysts
Local search (Internet)
Local search (Internet)
Android
Android
Caller ID
Caller ID
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity
Location
Seattle
Seattle
Washington (state)
Washington (state)
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Alex Algard
Alex Algard
Founder
Alex Algard
Alex Algard
Legal Name
Hiya Inc.
Number of Employees (Ranges)
51 – 200
Full Address
110 Union St., Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98101, US
Investors
Balderton Capital
Balderton Capital
Lumia Capital
Lumia Capital
Nautilus Venture Partners
Nautilus Venture Partners
Founded Date
April 2016
Total Funding Amount (USD)
18,000,000
Latest Funding Round Date
October 2017
Competitors
First Orion
First Orion
TeleSign
TeleSign
Numeracle
Numeracle
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Netnumber
Truecaller
Truecaller
Glassdoor ID
1308871
CTO
Marcelo Calbucci
Marcelo Calbucci
Latest Funding Type
Series A round
Series A round
NAICS Code
541,511
Patents Assigned (Count)
6
Wellfound ID
hiya-4

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Country
United States
United States
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
18,000,000
Partner Organizations
Samsung
Samsung
AT&T
AT&T
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Penske

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