2020: The Year the Ghost Kitchen Got Complicated
As an old saying goes, “Anything can happen, and most usually does.” And it sure did happen in 2020 for the restaurant industry. Pandemic. Dining room shutdowns. Permanent closures at […]
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As an old saying goes, “Anything can happen, and most usually does.” And it sure did happen in 2020 for the restaurant industry. Pandemic. Dining room shutdowns. Permanent closures at […]
Crave Hospitality Group, which runs the Crave Collective ghost kitchen/virtual restaurant facility in Boise, Idaho, announced today it has raised $7.3 million in seed funding. The round was led by […]
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Reef Technology, which turns underutilized urban space into what it calls “neighborhood hubs,” announced today it has just raised a $700 million syndicate investment to further that vision. TechCrunch first […]
Indonesia-based cloud kitchen management company Yummy Corporation has raised a $12 million Series B round of funding, according to a report from TechCrunch. The round was led by SoftBank Ventures […]
Virtual Kitchen, a company founded by two ex-Uber executives, has raised $20 million in new funding, according to a filing with the SEC (h/t Restaurant Dive). The round was led […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more people into ordering delivery from restaurants, the restaurant industry has responded by opening more ghost kitchens. And with more restaurants ditching the front […]
Cloud kitchen startup iKcon announced today it has raised a $5 million pre-seed round led by Arzan VC, AlTouq Group and Nazer Group. This brings iKcon’s total funding to $10 […]
The Spoon editors got together to talk about some of the most interesting food tech news of the past week (as well as complain about high-priced cookies). Some of the […]
Ghost kitchen company, Zuul, announced today that it has secured $9 million in funding to expand its ghost kitchen operation across New York City. The company, which currently services downtown […]
When 2020 began, the ghost kitchen topic poised to be one of the “it” trends to watch over the coming 12 months. Venture capital was pouring into the space, virtual […]
Automated vending machines were already hot coming into 2020. Companies like Briggo, Cafe X, Yo-Kai Express and Chowbotics were ushering in a new golden age of vending machines. With the […]