In 2010 Co-founders James Peisker and Chris Carter met in one of downtown Nashville’s favorite kitchens. They immediately hit it off, and decided to jump ship to start their own catering business. As the business grew, Chris and James realized how hard it was to get their hands on quality, local meat from sources they could trust.
They made constant trips to the farmer’s market, but even there, the meat wasn’t cut properly, and was often sold frozen. Yet again, they decided to take matters into their own hands, and started their own butcher shop.
Today, Porter Road works with select local farms, processes all meat in their own facility in Kentucky, and hand-cuts every piece at their Nashville shop. While the butcher shop has become a cult favorite for people who live nearby, Chris and James realized that friends and family outside of Nashville were still stuck eating low quality, grocery store meat. In 2017, they decided to take Porter Road online with the goal of making the world’s best meat accessible nationwide.
Location: United States, Tennessee, Nashville
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $13.7M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 7
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.03.2021 | - | $10M | - |
| 29.05.2018 | Seed | $3.7M | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 17.04.2024 | Rastelli's Meat Delivery review: The best online butcher for... | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next naviga... | businessin... |
| 11.04.2024 | Porter Road review: A meat delivery service with a huge sele... | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next naviga... | businessin... |
| 16.12.2021 | Small Businesses Are Being Honest About Price Increases—and ... | Dave Horesh always liked the nice round prices on his company’s website: $25, $50, $100 for custom-m... | time.com/6... |
| 06.11.2021 | Holiday Gift Guide 2021: The Best Luxury Mail Order Meat And... | Protein! From the rarest steaks to wild caught fish to heirloom pork and poultry, there is something... | forbes.com... |
| 08.03.2021 | Porter Road’s sustainable, whole animal butchery raises $10 ... | In the nearly 10 years since it launched as a whole animal butchery out of a storefront in East Nash... | techcrunch... |
| 24.12.2020 | AFN’s last minute holiday gift ideas (of course they’re abou... | In 2020, you get a pass for not thinking ahead on holiday gift-giving. If you’ve been so head-down f... | agfunderne... |
| 13.04.2020 | How To Buy Meat Online When You Can’t Get A Grocery Delivery... | Porter Road, a Nashville-based online butcher, offers a wide selection of meat.Andrea Behrends | forbes.com... |
| 08.07.2019 | Porter Road Founder Talks Consumer Consciousness and the Fut... | Chris Carter and James Peisker had a major beef with the meat industry working in Nashville’s restau... | agfunderne... |
| 30.08.2018 | Porter Road wants to herd the meat industry in a new directi... | Down a two-lane road on the outskirts of Princeton, Ky., next to a cemetery and past the Light of Tr... | techcrunch... |
| 29.05.2018 | Porter Road Raises $3.7M Seed | Porter Road – the first online, whole animal butcher shop catering to today’s consumer appetite for ... | citybizlis... |
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