Nekuda
5 known investors
Nekuda provides infrastructure that enables merchants to participate in agentic commerce, allowing AI agents to interact with their storefronts. The company builds tools and services for the broader e-commerce and commerce automation ecosystem.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaS
Investors · 5
Hawk Hill Ventures
Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M
Amex VenturesreportedPalo Alto
Visa Venturesreported · 2 sourcesLondon
Also in the syndicate · 1
Madronalead
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$5M disclosed across 1 round · 2025
- $5MraisedMay 2025 · 3 sources
Madrona (lead), Amex Ventures, Visa Ventures
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 8
by search overlap
Stripe13 shared keywordsStripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
Nmi13 shared keywordsNMI provides a modular, white-label payment acceptance platform—including a payment gateway, payment CRM, and processing—that partners such as banks, ISOs, PayFacs, and SaaS providers use to deliver embedded payment experiences under their own brand across online, in-app, in-store, mobile, and unattended channels. The company serves technology partners and merchants globally in the payments infrastructure industry.
Adyen13 shared keywordsAdyen is a payments platform that enables enterprises to accept, process, and move money across their business, with capabilities for embedded finance and financial product issuance.
Jetlore13 shared keywordsJetlore was a Palo Alto AI startup that turned unstructured retail product data into structured attributes so merchants could personalise what each shopper saw. Founded by Stanford researchers, it raised from Sierra Ventures, Alsop Louie Partners, Fenox Venture Capital, BRM Capital and Mercury Fund, and PayPal acquired it in 2018.
Worldpay13 shared keywordsWorldpay provides payment processing and embedded payments technology for small and mid-sized businesses, enterprises, and software platforms. Its products cover checkout acceptance, fraud protection, transaction optimization, embedded finance, and money movement across global channels.
Paysafe12 shared keywordsPaysafe provides payment processing solutions supporting 260+ payment types and 48 currencies, including checkout flows, multicurrency and cross-border payments, digital wallets, prepaid cards, and fraud/compliance tools. It serves merchants across retail, eCommerce, travel and leisure, and iGaming and entertainment sectors.
Checkout11 shared keywordsCheckout.com offers Flow, a hosted payment page that businesses can deploy with a low-code, one-time integration to accept payments online. The page can be customized to match a site's branding for a consistent checkout experience.
Helcim11 shared keywordsHelcim is a payment processing platform for small businesses, offering in-person, online, and phone card payments plus ACH, invoicing, payment links, and 40+ integrations. It uses Interchange Plus pricing with no monthly fees and provides APIs and embeddable payment forms for merchants.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Nekuda do?
- Nekuda provides infrastructure that enables merchants to participate in agentic commerce, allowing AI agents to interact with their storefronts. The company builds tools and services for the broader e-commerce and commerce automation ecosystem.
- Who are Nekuda's investors?
- Nekuda's investors include Hawk Hill Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Amex Ventures, Visa Ventures.
- How much funding has Nekuda raised?
- Nekuda has disclosed $5M raised across 1 round.