Availyst
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Availyst is a food discovery platform that assists consumers in finding and comparing local options for groceries, restaurants, and alcohol. It uses AI to provide personalized results based on user preferences.
MiFood
Pre Seed Round in 2022
MiFood is a company that provides automation and robotization services for restaurants.
Farmstand
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Farmstand Limited, founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, operates a restaurant focused on providing sustainable fast food. The company aims to enhance human health by offering nutritious meals at affordable prices, ensuring accessibility for all. Farmstand prepares its meals efficiently and delivers them to businesses, which then offer them to customers for reheating. This service is designed to make healthy eating convenient for employees in office settings. As a certified B Corporation and a London Living Wage employer, Farmstand is committed to social responsibility, aligning its practices with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals related to health, responsible consumption, and climate action. The company's workforce is equity-owned, fostering a collaborative culture while maintaining a commitment to gender pay equity.
Fleksa
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fleksa is a software platform for local restaurants that combines website and app building with AI-powered tools and an integrated order, payment, and customer management system. The all-in-one solution enables restaurants to establish a branded online presence, offer direct ordering and reservations without commissions, and manage online and in-house operations through a cloud POS across Windows, iOS, and Android. It includes QR code-based ordering and payments, automated marketing and loyalty programs, and direct integration with Google Food Ordering to enhance visibility. The platform unifies operations, marketing, and payment workflows to improve customer engagement and grow the online client base while streamlining the dining and ordering experience for guests and staff.
Bbot
Convertible Note in 2019
Bbot, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in order and payment solutions tailored for the hospitality industry, including bars, restaurants, hotels, breweries, food halls, and multi-vendor setups. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Astoria, New York. Bbot's platform enables these establishments to create digital menus and offers guest-controlled, contactless ordering and payment options. This configurable solution is designed to streamline food and beverage operations, enhance customer experience, and help businesses increase revenue while reducing staffing costs. The platform features secure payment processing, integration with existing point-of-sale systems, and tailored customer support, making it a valuable asset for hospitality organizations looking to improve efficiency and service quality.
Tango
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Tango develops an ordering and payment management system to serve multi-location restaurants and bars. The company's suite of applications provides data and analytics to alcohol brands by leveraging proprietary data from consumers’ purchases at their favorite bars and breweries.
Parsley Software
Convertible Note in 2018
Parsley Software is a Developer of a SaaS-based restaurant management application designed to manage back end operations of restaurants. The company's application handles restaurant operations such as placing orders, managing ingredients, storing and analyzing recipes, planning workflow, tracking supplies and inventories, enabling chefs and restaurant owners to save time, increase accuracy and reduce overall business costs.
Roborus
Convertible Note in 2018
Founded in Seoul, South Korea in 2016, Roborus specializes in AI-driven smart ordering solutions. Using facial recognition and advanced AI technology, their SaaS platform identifies customers, enhances ordering experiences, saves time for businesses, increases profits, and provides customer insights.
PathSpot
Convertible Note in 2018
PathSpot Technologies, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, specializes in food safety solutions. The company develops and manufactures a unique system that uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze fluorescent light, enabling it to scan employees' hands and detect pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses. This technology helps restaurants and their customers mitigate the risk of food-borne illnesses by providing instant, invisible signs of harmful bacteria and viruses.
Local Crate
Convertible Note in 2017
Local Crate is a meal kit delivery service that offers fresh, locally sourced ingredients along with chef-designed recipes. Customers can subscribe for regular deliveries to create restaurant-quality meals at home with minimal effort.
Bloveit
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Bloveit, Inc. is a date night concierge service based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2015. The company specializes in helping singles and couples discover date venues and ideas, offering features such as restaurant recommendations tailored to individual tastes and preferences. Bloveit enhances the dating experience by curating meals in collaboration with restaurant chefs, managing logistics, and allowing users to enjoy a unique no-menu, no-bill experience. This streamlined service enables busy couples to effortlessly plan and enjoy memorable dates, ensuring they can focus on quality time together rather than the details of the outing.
Alice's Table
Convertible Note in 2017
Alice's Table LLC, established in 2015 and headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts, specializes in hosting social learning events for women in the Greater Boston area. The company partners with local restaurants, bars, and clubs to offer workshops focused on creative skills such as flower arranging and charcuterie board building. Alice's Table aims to provide a unique girls' night out experience while empowering attendees to develop new abilities. Additionally, they offer regular flower delivery services to homes and businesses, spreading joy through beautiful arrangements.
Saige is a modern personal chef service that delivers custom-made meals directly to customers' doors. By collecting dietary profiles from families, Saige uses a combination of chef expertise and machine learning to recommend and prepare meals in their commercial kitchen. The company specializes in providing ready-to-eat meals tailored to individual tastes and needs, with the option for continuous improvement based on customer feedback.
Chowbotics by DoorDash
Seed Round in 2016
Chowbotics Inc. designs and develops food service robots to address challenges in cleanliness and efficiency within the food industry. Founded in 2014 and based in San Jose, California, the company focuses on providing innovative solutions for cafeterias, restaurants, hotels, and food courts in various venues. Its flagship product, Sally, is a salad-making robot that offers customers the ability to create fully customized, fresh, and healthy salads. Sally dispenses measured quantities of over 20 ingredients, which are refreshed daily, allowing for ready-to-eat meals at any time. The technology behind Sally, with several patents pending, is adaptable for other cuisines, paving the way for future robotic offerings.
BentoBox
Convertible Note in 2015
BentoBox CMS Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing a mobile operations platform tailored for restaurants. Founded in August 2013 by Krystle Mobayeni and Pierre Drescher, BentoBox automates various tasks for restaurants, including menu updates, social media management, private event promotions, and gift card sales. Its platform enhances the restaurant's online presence by offering features such as search engine optimization, social media and newsletter sign-up, and one-click reservations. By focusing on direct interactions between restaurants and their guests, BentoBox aims to eliminate reliance on third-party services, thereby allowing restaurants to drive high-margin revenue through their own websites. The company's tools are designed to improve operational efficiency while empowering restaurants to strengthen their customer relationships and maximize profits.
Shortcut
Convertible Note in 2014
Shortcut is a mobile application that enhances the experience of spectators at live events by allowing them to order and pay for food directly from their seats, as well as purchase merchandise and tickets for future events. The platform includes a drop-in tablet point-of-sale system for venues, providing them with valuable real-time data and analytics that improve sales, fan engagement, and reduce food waste. By eliminating the need for attendees to queue at concessions or carry cash, Shortcut aims to streamline the live event experience for both fans and venues.
Plated is a company that specializes in delivering fresh ingredients and chef-designed recipes directly to consumers' homes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, it aims to assist food enthusiasts in creating exceptional home-cooked meals. Plated operates an online platform that offers a subscription-based service, allowing users to prepare restaurant-quality dishes in the comfort of their own kitchens. Through its offerings, Plated fosters a cooking experience that encourages sharing meals with loved ones.
LivnGiv
Seed Round in 2012
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Appetas
Seed Round in 2012
Appetas is a provider of a restaurant marketing platform designed to establish a strong online presence for individual and small chain restaurants. The company offers a technology solution that enables restaurant owners to create visually appealing websites, mobile sites, and social media profiles featuring their actual menus, hours, and locations. Recognizing that many restaurant owners find existing online marketing options complex and costly, Appetas simplifies the process, allowing restaurants to go online almost instantly. The platform empowers owners to make updates independently or choose a full-service option, ensuring they can effectively market their establishments without significant time or financial investment. Appetas reaches its customers through established partner channels, making it a trusted resource for restaurant marketing needs.
Angle operates as a subscription-based platform that connects consumers with locally-owned and operated businesses, primarily focusing on food and beverage establishments like coffee shops, craft breweries, bakeries, and quick-service restaurants. Headquartered in Dover, Delaware, the company offers membership programs for these premium brands and merchants to engage with their customers through exclusive deals and experiences.