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Noh Foods of Hawaii develops and distributes convenient, authentic Hawaiian and Asian-inspired food products. The company offers seasoning mixes, sauces, and dessert preparations, simplifying home cooking with traditional local flavors. Their approach emphasizes user-friendly formats and accessible ingredients, enabling consumers to easily recreate popular regional dishes. This focus on accessibility makes traditional culinary experiences more approachable.
Edwin and Miriam Noh founded the company, establishing Honolulu's first formal Korean restaurant in 1963. Their entrepreneurial journey began by streamlining laborious traditional dish preparation, which led to their foundational kimchi mix. This initial innovation evolved from a restaurant solution into a broader food manufacturing enterprise, becoming the cornerstone of their comprehensive product line.
Noh Foods of Hawaii serves home cooks and families seeking to prepare local-style meals with ease and authenticity. Their products are geared towards convenient culinary solutions without compromising taste. The company’s long-term vision is to expand access to diverse Hawaiian and Asian culinary experiences, aiming to become a leading brand for flavorful, accessible meal solutions.
Noh has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round.
Noh has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Noh has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Seed in September 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2021 | $3M Seed | Kindred Ventures | Lasse Clausen, 20VC, 43, AAF Management Ltd., Acrew Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Btov Partners, Calm/Storm Ventures, Chapter ONE Ventures, Craft Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Matt Ocko, Distributed Ventures, Haystack, Kima Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, LA Famiglia, Long Journey Ventures, Luno Expeditions, Montage Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Jonathan Golden, NextView Ventures, Nyca Partners, Plug & Play Ventures, Propel Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Threshold Ventures, Tribe Capital, Urban Innovation Fund, Y Combinator, Evan Moore, Jeff Morris, Louis Beryl, Luis Martin Cabiedes, Mathilde Collin, Paul Sevinç, Scott Belsky, Andre Penha, AYO Omojola, Dhaval Chadha, Patrick Sigrist, Pedro Conrade, TOM Blomfield, Frederick Blackford, Positive Ventures | Announced |
Noh has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Noh's investors include Kindred Ventures, Lasse Clausen, 20VC, 43, AAF Management Ltd., Acrew Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, btov Partners, Calm/Storm Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Craft Ventures, Crosslink Capital.
Noh is a Brazilian fintech startup founded in 2021 that builds a shared digital wallet app for multiplayer finances, enabling groups like friends, couples, or families to split expenses seamlessly via Brazil's Pix instant payment system.[1][2] It serves everyday Brazilians who frequently share costs for housing, food, subscriptions, and group purchases, solving the hassle of manual money chasing and individual transfers by automating divisions and group payments like Boleto or Pix.[1][2] The free app monetizes through merchant interchange fees, with plans to expand via Open Banking into full banking integrations, investments, and a "financial operating system" consolidating multiple accounts for households.[1][2] Backed by a $3M seed round from notable angels like founders of iFood, QuintoAndar, Monzo, and Neon, Noh shows strong early momentum through viral marketing, radical transparency, and product launches timed with Pix's rise.[1][2]
Noh emerged in November 2021 from CEO Ana Zucato's fintech journey, sparked by her work in e-commerce and observing Brazil's cultural norm of sharing everything—housing, Netflix, even lottery pools—but struggling with fragmented payments.[1][2] Zucato, drawing from experiences like Truora's Brazil expansion, identified the gap in multiplayer finance, especially post-Pix, which enabled instant, low-cost group transfers replacing slow, expensive wires.[2] The idea gained traction with a $3M seed from local and global angels including Patrick Sigrist (iFood), André Penha (QuintoAndar), Tom Blomfield (Monzo), Pedro Conrade (Neon), and others, funding the app's mid-March 2022 launch.[1] Pivotal moments include clever "white debit card" marketing for virality, content like reality shows with couples, and radical transparency where all employees access salaries, P&L, and decisions, fostering quick growth.[2]
Noh rides Brazil's fintech boom, fueled by Pix's instant payments disrupting slow wires and Open Banking enabling seamless integrations, timing perfectly as shared living and group economics surge in a top global market for joint purchases.[1][2] Market forces like high financial fragmentation (multiple accounts per household) and cultural sharing norms favor Noh's automation, positioning it to consolidate finances amid rising digital adoption.[2] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering "multiplayer banking," inspiring family-centric fintech and leveraging angel networks from unicorns like iFood and Neon to scale, potentially redefining payments as collaborative rather than individual.[1][2]
Noh is poised to dominate shared finances in Brazil, expanding from wallets to a unified OS for families with investments and banking, propelled by Pix maturity and Open Banking.[1][2] Trends like household financial consolidation and transparent cultures will shape its path, amplifying influence through viral growth and expert backing. As it evolves, Noh could redefine fintech from solo to social, turning Brazil's sharing lifestyle into its core payment method.[1][2]