# Roberto Enrique Kafati Santos

> Roberto Enrique Kafati Santos, publicly known as Roberto E. Kafati or REKS, is the Honduran co-founder and CEO of DEUNA. Educated at Dartmouth and Stanford, he previously worked at McKinsey. DEUNA began with one-click checkout for merchants and expanded into payment orchestration and commerce intelligence.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at DEUNA
- **Organizations:** DEUNA, McKinsey & Company
- **Nationality:** Honduran
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Government and Economics; cum laude, Dartmouth College, Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded DEUNA and led its expansion from checkout into payments infrastructure., Led DEUNA through its July 2022 $30 million Series A., Earned an MBA from Stanford and graduated cum laude from Dartmouth.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Became involved in cryptocurrency while studying at Dartmouth, according to his interviews.
- **2018** — Dartmouth graduation year identified by DEUNA.
- **Before 2020** — Worked as a business analyst in McKinsey’s Panama office, with a focus on digital payments.
- **2020** — Co-founded DEUNA with José María Serrano.
- **2022** — DEUNA announced a $30 million Series A following a $7 million seed round; Stanford conferred his MBA on September 29.
- **2023** — Spoke at DEUNA Product Day in Mexico City; discussed AI applications in a September interview.
- **2025** — Presented Athia at the Payments Leaders’ Summit and discussed agentic commerce in podcast interviews.
- **2026** — Publicly highlighted senior hires with backgrounds at Google, Apple, Lyft and Affirm.

## Achievements

- Co-founded DEUNA and led its expansion from checkout into payments infrastructure.
- Led DEUNA through its July 2022 $30 million Series A.
- Earned an MBA from Stanford and graduated cum laude from Dartmouth.
- Introduced Athia to a payments industry audience at the Payments Leaders’ Summit in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — In a LinkedIn post, highlighted recent senior hires including Mark Walick and Ferhan Elvanoglu.
- **2025-10** — Appeared on Around The Coin and Entrepreneurs on Fire to discuss payments infrastructure and agentic commerce.
- **2025-07** — A July 2 industry newsletter reported his Athia keynote at the Payments Leaders’ Summit.

## Links

- Website: https://www.deuna.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reksdeuna

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Last updated: 2026-10-25