The Whitepages spinout, which provides smart caller ID services, will use the series A proceeds to fund growth and an increase in headcount.
Hiya, a US-based smart caller identification software developer backed by directory services provider Whitepages, raised $18m in a series A round that closed yesterday.
Balderton Capital led the round with funding also coming from fellow venture capital firm Nautilus Venture Partners and VC partnership Lumia Capital.
Spun out of Whitepages in 2016, Hiya has created a machine learning platform capable of analysing more than 3.5 billion incoming calls per month to provide information about unrecognised numbers.
Hiya provides a free…
