US-based Activant Capital led a USD30m round for DEUNA, a US-based e-commerce checkout platform launching operations in Latin America, with participation from Valor Capital Group, Upload Ventures, Abstract Ventures and Acrew Capital. DEUNA raised a USD7m seed round in October 2021.
(TechCrunch) – DEUNA, a Silicon Valley-based one-click checkout commerce startup, is officially joining Latin America’s nearly $100 billion e-commerce sector with $30 million in Series A funding after largely staying under the radar since being founded in late 2020.
Co-founders Roberto Enrique Kafati Santos and Jose Maria Serrano started the company after a career at McKinsey leading digital payments for Kafati Santos and in private equity at Carlyle for Serrano. They also recently brought on Jose Jorge Molina, who was previously chief marketing officer for Bitso, to join the founding team to lead marketing.
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