ZeroCater

ZeroCater is a food catering company headquartered in San Francisco, California that helps companies offer in-office meals to their employees from a diverse range of local food sources.[1][2] ZeroCater currently feeds about 500 companies a month, including Buzzfeed, Squarespace, Tumblr, Venmo, ClassPass and Foursquare.[2][3] ZeroCater founder Arram Sabeti described the company as a "Pandora for food."[4] As of January 2015, it is operational in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and Chicago.[2]

History

ZeroCater was founded by Arram Sabeti. Sabeti moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with the goal of working on startups. He initially worked at Ben & Jerry's, then at the startup Justin.tv. While at Justin.tv, he managed ordering lunch for the office, and some other companies asked him to help with managing their lunch as well. Sensing that this might be a new business opportunity, Sabeti left Justin.tv to work full-time on the company, which became known as ZeroCater. He convinced a developer to join him at the startup and successfully applied to and was accepted at the startup accelerator Y Combinator in 2011.[3][5]

Although initially operational only in the San Francisco Bay Area, ZeroCater started operations in New York City in April 2013, and Chicago in January 2015.[6]

In August 2015, it was reported that ZeroCater had facilitated $100 million in food purchases despite raising only $1.5 million.[7][8]

Media coverage

ZeroCater has been covered in TechCrunch,[5] Fast Company,[4] the Wall Street Journal,[9] Bloomberg BusinessWeek,[10] Business Insider,[11] Forbes,[12] CNNMoney,[13] and many other mainstream and technology publications.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "ZeroCater". CrunchBase. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "ZeroCater". Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "From Selling Scoops Of Ice Cream To Founding ZeroCater". TechCrunch. April 6, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Zax, David (March 22, 2012). "Fast Talk: How ZeroCater, The "Pandora For Food," Hacks Your Lunch Problem. Hungry? Meet Arram Sabeti, CEO of ZeroCater. Apart from solving the logistics of group delivery ordering, Sabeti also throws a mean sausage fest.". Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Kincaid, Jason (July 6, 2011). "ZeroCater: Because Lunch At The Office Doesn't Have To Be A Complete Pain". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ Lawler, Ryan (April 8, 2013). "ZeroCater Rides The Wave Of Food To Launch In New York City". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ Levy, Ari (August 19, 2015). "You can't get this from UberEATS or Instacart". CNBC. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ Duchman, Zalmi (August 24, 2015). "ZeroCater Hits $100 Million In Sales With Only $1.5 Million In Funding". Forbes. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ovide, Shira (July 11, 2012). "Work Perk: Free-Meal Rule Widens". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  10. ↑ Levy, Ari (July 12, 2012). "Arram Sabeti's ZeroCater Feeds Other Startups". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  11. ↑ "14 Startups That Will Change The Way You Eat". Business Insider. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  12. ↑ Arielle Patrice Scott (March 5, 2013). "9 Awesome Apps for Your Startup Office Manager". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  13. ↑ Kim, Erin (August 15, 2012). "The startup that feeds other startups - literally". CNNMoney. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Press and News Coverage". ZeroCater. Retrieved July 31, 2014.

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