The Orange Chef Company, a San Francisco, CA-based company that creates smart products for the kitchen, secured $1.2m in seed funding.
The round was led by Google Ventures and SparkLabs Global Ventures, with participation from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Kima Ventures, The Social+Capital Partnership, Graph Ventures, and other angel investors.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to grow the team and ramp up product development by expanding its offering of smart kitchenware.
Established in 2011 by Santiago Merea, Chief Executive Officer, The Orange Chef Company offers the Cutting Board with iPad Stand, the Dishwasher Safe iPad Stand, Gift Cards, iPad & iPhone protective covers and is to release Prep PadTM, a iOS enabled bluetooth food scale which provides real-time nutritional information for all raw ingredients and scannable food items.
FinSMEs
11/12/2013