Kahuna (company)

Kahuna
Company typePrivate startup
IndustryMarketing software
Founded2012
Founder
  • Adam Marchick
  • Jacob Taylor
Defunct2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Headquarters
Redwood City, California
,
United States
ProductsPush Notifications, In-App Messages, Email

Kahuna Inc. was a software startup that made mobile marketing automation software for companies. It provided 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 was headquartered in Redwood City, 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]

In early 2019, the company closed down all operations, and its main website was inaccessible as of May 2019[8]

  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.
  8. ^ "Kahuna Company".