Company type | Private |
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Industry | Restaurants, ghost kitchen |
Founded | May 2017 in Pasadena, California [1] |
Defunct | 2023 |
Fate | Acquired |
Successor | SBE Entertainment Group |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Michael Montagano (CEO) Joy Lai (COO) Atul Sood (CBO) |
Number of employees | 82 (2019) [2] |
Website | www |
Kitchen United was an American ghost kitchen company based in Pasadena, California, [3] providing equipped professional kitchen space to restaurants for the preparation of delivery-only meals. [4] The company was acquired by SBE Entertainment Group in 2023.
It allowed brick-and-mortar restaurants to expand their food delivery business without adding extra staff or space and allows the creation of restaurants with no dine-in service. [5] In addition to commercial kitchen space, it provides back of house automation and ordering software that accommodates the main delivery services (DoorDash, GrubHub, Uber Eats, etc.). [6] [7]
The company was initially funded by GV (formerly Google Ventures), which invested $10 million. GV also contributed to a $40-million series B round of funding that included Fidelity Investments, G Squared Capital and RXR Realty. [8] [9] The company raised a $100-million series C round of funding in July 2021 that included Restaurant Brands International, Kroger, and Couche-Tard / Circle K. [10]
In 2023, Kitchen United was acquired by SBE Entertainment Group, led by Sam Nazarian. [11]
"There's no reason why you can't virtualize what a restaurant is," Collins says.