Kana, a San Francisco, CA–based AI-native marketing software startup, has raised $15 million in Seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by Mayfield, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm with a 55-year history of investing in early-stage technology companies. Based in Menlo Park, California, the firm manages approximately $3 billion in assets. In addition to AI, Mayfield invests in enterprise software, consumer technology, semiconductors, cybersecurity, and “human and planetary health” (biotech and climate tech).
Kana Use of Funds
The company will use the capital to expand hiring across engineering, product development, and go-to-market functions.
About Kana
Founded by Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya, Kana is an AI marketing company that builds agentic AI applications purpose-built for marketing and media teams. It enables brands and media companies to learn, predict, and optimize each stage of the customer journey through the orchestration of specialized AI agents. Its suite of domain-specific AI agents supports media planning, campaign optimization, synthetic data generation, RFP automation, and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Kana integrates with enterprise systems, structures marketing context in real time, and produces reviewable outputs tied to measurable business outcomes.
Funding Details
Company: Kana
Raised: $15.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: May 2026
Lead Investor: Mayfield
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Company Website: https://www.kana.ai/
Software Category: Marketing AI / Agentic AI / Martech
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