Kahuna (company)

Kahuna
Private startup
Industry Marketing software
Founded 2012
Founder
  • Adam Marchick
  • Jacob Taylor
Headquarters Palo Alto, CA, United States
Products Push Notifications, In-App Messages, Email
Website www.kahuna.com

Kahuna Inc. makes mobile marketing automation software for companies. It provides tools and services for mobile applications to market their apps through mobile messaging channels, including push notifications, in-app messages, and email.[1] The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Kahuna was founded in 2012 by Adam Marchick and Jacob Taylor, founding CTO of SugarCRM. The company received $2 million in seed funding in October 2013 from SoftTech VC, Costanoa Venture Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya, Tim Kendall, Lee Linden, Raj De Datta, Omar Siddiqui, David Vivero, among others.[2][3] In February 2014, Kahuna received $11 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital and SoftTech VC.[4][5][6] In August 2015, Kahuna raised $45 million in a Series B round of funding, led by Tenaya Capital.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Kahuna thinks better push notifications can help brands and customers live together happily ever after". PandoDaily. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kahuna Pitches A Way To Save Fading Apps". Forbes. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kahuna Raises $2M To Help Mobile Marketers Get Smarter About Engaging Their Users". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Kahuna gets $11M for mobile marketing automation". VentureBeat. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Kahuna raises $11M, expands mobile marketing products". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kahuna Raises $11M To Push Notifications For Yahoo And The New England Patriots". Forbes. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kahuna Catches $45M to Make Marketing Smarter and More Automated". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
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