Funded Tech Companies

Akahu

Akahu is a fintech tech company, based in Auckland. Financial backing was provided by RedBird Ventures and K1W1.

Company Overview

Company Name
Akahu
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Funding Rounds

Contact Information

Mailing Address
Undisclosed
Auckland, Undisclosed
NZ
Email Address

Company Background Information

Overview
Akahu maintains deeply functional data integrations with NZ banks and other financial institutions. We bundle those integrations into a simple API for developers. Akahu supports the development of Consumer Data Rights in New Zealand, and we intend to evolve our integrations into that purpose-built regulatory regime when it rolls out and matures. Akahu's journey began when Ben Lynch was working in the bank feeds team at Xero in 2013. He grew frustrated with the unreliable intermediary data integrations that were used to fetch transaction data into Xero, and decided to build integrations for his personal bank accounts. That side project turned into a full time project called Jude, where the data integrations were used to power features like account aggregation, round-up, and sweeping. Then In December 2020, the data integrations were transferred into a new company called Akahu, and became available as an API product to external developers. We announced an investment from the venture arm
Profile
Akahu LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Akahu Company Twitter Account
Company News
Akahu News
Facebook
Akahu on Facebook
YouTube
Akahu on YouTube
Last Transaction
10/17/2023

Financing History

Date
Type
Amount
Venture Equity
$1,400,000


Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Lynch
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Chief Operating Officer
Josh Daniell
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Co-Founder
Oliver Fawcett
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Company Investors

 

 

 

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