| Kahuna | |
| Type: | Private startup |
| Foundation: | 2012 |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Industry: | Marketing software |
| Products: | Push 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]