Colombia-Based Akua Raises $8.5M Series Seed

Gunderson Dettmer represented client Akua, a new payment Operating System for Emerging Markets, in its $8.5 million Series Seed financing. The new capital brings the total amount raised by the company to $13 million, just one year after completing its pre-seed round.

Akua will use the new financing to scale talent and open new markets in the Latin America region in the near future.

In the announcement of the transaction, Akua CEO and co-founder Carlos Marín said, “At Akua, we offer a global cloud-native platform built from the ground up that enables a new generation of companies to scale digital payments without friction across the globe. This round is a clear endorsement of our vision and the team making it happen.”

The Gunderson deal team included Brad Krack, Fede Varni, Eduardo Espinosa de los Monteros Pereda, Felipe Hasenohr and Ana Cabrera.

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