Hike shows funding not an uphill task, valued at $1.4 bn Kavin Bharti Mittal, son of Airtel's Sunil Mittal in his office in Gurgaon. His startup, Hike Messenger has raced to a $1.4 billion valuation within 3 years of inception Fittingly for someone who did his first internship with McLaren racing, Kavin Mittal’s start-up, Hike Messenger, has raced to a $1.4 billion valuation within three years of inception. That makes it India’s newest unicorn, the term used for startups valued at more than