Yanyu saltalk obtained USD 8million round a financing: continue to expand team and market coverage

RedI network Lotte 6 month 20 Reported Wednesday

West time 6 month 20 Japan , Silicon Valley Chinese entrepreneurial team salt language （Saltalk） Officially declare completion 800 Thousands of dollars A Round of funding . This round of investors include Piedmont venture capital ,、GrubMarket、 Many investment institutions including Celtic Asia venture capital .

According to introducing , Salt language （Saltalk） Founded on 2017 year , Headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA , It is a platform integrating cloud kitchen and e-commerce .

Salt language （Saltalk） By building a cloud kitchen and SaaS management service , The upstream resource side gathers chefs 、 Food supply resources , The downstream can provide flexible meal selection for enterprise users 、 Meal delivery service .

at present , Salt language （Saltalk） Can provide meal Pinda 200 Above road , Including Asian food 、 South America 、 European style, etc ,60% Dishes will be updated from time to time . Official name , Due to the use of enterprise group meal pre customization , Combined with self-developed path planning engine , It can be done quickly 、 Deliver meals on time . In terms of the source of dishes, the platform is unified for direct collection , Ensure the quality . Besides , Free shipping and free service charge and gratuity , Save customers a lot of expenses .

In South Bay 8000 With the support of chiyun kitchen , At present, there are nearly 100 stable customers in the bay area , Among them, there are many enterprises with more than 100 employees .

Salt language （Saltalk） Founder and CEO Ming Fangquan

Salt language （Saltalk） Founder and CEO Ming Fang all came from Hubei, China , Once worked in American navigation technology company Telennav Shanghai headquarters as a software architect ,2013 Moved to the United States in , The original intention of entrepreneurship is to bring the most authentic delicacies to local consumers , We hope to create a food industry in North America Shopify.

For this round of financing , Ming Fang Quan means ,“ Thank you very much for your support and recognition , This round of financing will attract more high-quality talents for us , And continue to promote the implementation of new kitchens on the west coast in the future . In the future, enterprises will continue to provide diversification for enterprises and individual consumers 、 Fresh and delicate 、 Healthy and high-quality dishes .”

“ The site provided by the platform 、 Self developed management system 、 Centralized procurement and stable customer source , We are also committed to improving the operational efficiency of businesses 、 Reduce operating costs , Truly create a win-win dining closed loop .”

Ming Fangquan also said , It is expected that in the next two years , The company will also set up two stations in Dongwan and peninsular 15000 Chi's cloud kitchen , At that time, it can support more catering brands to have meals at the same time . Expect to 2024 By the end of year , A total of... Will be built on the west coast of Silicon Valley 15 Jiayun kitchen , While replicating the current success, we can achieve a larger area of consumer coverage .

The current investment institution is Piedmont venture capital , Its founding partner , Dr. shaoxuhui, former vice president of Yahoo! Engineering, said ,“ Causes of the epidemic , The catering industry has undergone revolutionary changes in the past two years , image delivery only、 The concepts of cloud kitchen will become the mainstream of this trillion level market in the future . Salt language （Saltalk） The team can make full use of its own software industry background and thinking , Precise control from the supply chain 、 The kitchen 、 Every link from distribution to sales , We have truly upgraded and optimized the catering industry .”

Chen Jie, managing partner of Celtic Asia venture capital, said ,“ Some companies in Silicon Valley can develop more than 100 cloud kitchens , But the operation mode has almost become a second landlord , Engage in real estate investment . We are very optimistic about the team, especially the founder's technical background and understanding of the product , Help enterprises solve the problem of ordering group meals , And from the market as a whole , Every year, the cloud kitchen will have close 30% Natural growth .”

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