It provided tools and services for mobile applications to market their apps through mobile messaging channels, including push notifications, in-app messages, and email.

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]