Joe Hughes, known by most as the Village Baker, is an expert in homestyle cooking techniques, with a primary interest in baking. He runs the very popular website, https://www.kitchensurfing.com, which provides the latest homestyle cooking news, techniques
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $18.5M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | UNION SQUA... | usv.com/ |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 22.04.2014 | Series B | $15M | - |
| 08.04.2013 | - | $3.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 22
| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.12.2014 | Uber Launches No Kid Hungry Campaign | Here’s some actually good news from the company that aims to be “everyone’s private driver.” Uber is partnering with No Kid Hungry to raise enough cash to feed 3 million hungry children this holiday season. Anyone who uses the app today thr... |
| 03.12.2014 | Zynga’s Jon Tien Takes The Helm At Kitchensurfing | Fresh on the heels of a $15 million Series B round in March, Kitchensurfing is shaking things up at the leadership level, bringing on Jon Tien from Zynga as new CEO. Tien will be replacing co-founder Chris Muscarella in the CEO role, while ... |
| 20.10.2014 | La Belle Assiette Gets $1.7 Million To Scale Up Its On-Demand Chef Service | French startup La Belle Assiette just raised $1.7 million (€1.3 million) from angel investors, such as BlaBlaCar’s Nicolas Brusson, eFounders’ Thibaud Elzière, Nicolas Bourdin, the three founders of l’Atelier des Chefs and Kima Ventures. A... |
| 12.08.2014 | Brooklyn real estate is out of step with tech needs | Brooklyn real estate isn’t keeping up with the demands of its tech community, and the borough is losing good companies — particularly early- and mid-stage tenants, the ones who either aren’t ready to commit to long-term leases or can’t affo... |
| 10.08.2014 | Kitchensurfing | There is only one company to date that the Gotham Gal has made an angel investment and subsequently USV has invested in and that is Kitchensurfing. I was not involved in either investment decision. The Gotham Gal made the angel investment h... |
| 15.07.2014 | Would a better Northeast rail corridor help Brooklyn businesses? | For Brooklyn tech firms pursuing customers, meeting with investors and moving employees, fast-moving, reliable transit between U.S. cities would be a business benefit. The question follows a report this spring from the Northeast Corridor In... |
| 09.07.2014 | BotFactory launching Kickstarter for circuitboard printer [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting funded? Two former Googlers have $1.7 million on an offered $1.8 million equity round for The Cord Project, according to an SEC filing. We hoped it was something to do with the unbelievable number of electronics cords that sur... |
| 22.04.2014 | Kitchensurfing Closes $15M Series B Funding | Kitchensurfing, a New York City-based community marketplace for chefs, closed a $15m Series B funding. The round was led by Tiger Global Management with participation from Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. The company is using the fu... |
| 18.04.2014 | La Belle Assiette Launches Its On-Demand Chef Service In Belgium And The U.K. | French startup La Belle Assiette just opened shop in Belgium. La Belle Assiette is a sort of on-demand chef service. You can browse the site, find your chef and book a meal directly from the service — a chef will then come to your home or o... |
| 02.04.2014 | KitchenSurfing // Atavist // Smartgift [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money? KitchenSurfing raised $15 million in a Series B round, according to Mashable. The funds helped it to expand from New York to Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Berlin. Who’s making moves? Wool&Prince has announced it’... |
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