OpenRest

OpenRest

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Online food ordering
Founded	2010 [1]
Founder	Danny Leshem Yoav Amit
Headquarters	United States, Delaware
Parent	Wix.com (2014–present)
Website	www.openrest.com

OpenRest (founded 2011) was a software company that provided restaurant owners with online ordering websites before being acquired by Wix.com in October 2014. ^[2] The company was based in Delaware with research and development offices in Tel Aviv.^{[ citation needed ]}

Background

OpenRest was founded in 2010 by Danny Leshem and Yoav Amit. ^[3] The company first focused on Web applications, before shifting towards mobile development in 2011. ^[1]

By 2013, 300 restaurants had launched their OpenRest-powered ordering application on the App Store. Its R&D office was based in Tel Aviv. ^[1] In June 2013, OpenRest and RestCloud announced a collaboration. ^[4]

In late 2013, OpenRest partnered with Bits of Gold to be the first restaurant online ordering system to provide bitcoin payments to all its clients. ^{[5] [6]} In June 2014, OpenRest launched in French. ^[7] In July 2014, OpenRest integrated with BitPay to expand its bitcoin payment offering.

OpenRest was acquired by Wix.com in October 2014 for $12 million. ^[3]

See also

• Delivery Hero

• Postmates
• OrderUp

References

1. Featured Developers – OpenRest, Appcelerator.com, 22 April 2013
2. "OpenRest is Joining Wix.com!" . Retrieved 2022-05-28.
3. Wix.com Acquires OpenRest to Bring Online & Mobile Ordering to Restaurants Worldwide, Cnbc.com, 29 October 2014
4. OpenRest integrates with RestCloud's restaurant-specific messaging terminal, Qsrweb.com, 19 June 2013
5. "Buy and Sell Bitcoins in Israel". Bits of Gold. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
6. "חשיפת פעילי קהילת ביטקוין ישראל". Telecom News. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
7. (in French) Les infos à ne pas rater: OpenRest en français, My Little Paris va ouvrir sa marketplace, Frenchweb.fr, 6 June 2014