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Chowbus

Restaurant POS & management system

Chowbus logo
101-200 employees
  • B2C
  • B2B
  • Marketplace
  • Food
  • Delivery
Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL

Company mission

To help diners to discover new and exquisite dishes, and to give traditional mom-and-pop restaurants a fighting chance to succeed without compromising who they truly are.

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Our take

Originally founded to expand the customer base of “mom and pop” Asian food restaurants, Chowbus has grown to become a delivery, pickup, and point-of-sale technology company. By evolving its services, it has weathered the customer drought of COVID-19.

Chowbus’s POS technology claims to save business owners up to $8000 a month in labour costs whilst enabling businesses to grow by around 25%. Its takeaway app provides customers with a way to select food from various restaurants in one order, a novel concept that differentiates the company from large competitors.

Its focus on Asian food provides Chowbus with a unique identity within the market, and its acquisition by Fantuan, an Asian food-focused marketplace based in Canada will aid Chowbus’s growth intentions.

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Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD)
  • 100% employer-paid Life Insurance and option for additional employee-paid Life Insurance
  • 100% employer-paid Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance and option for additional employee-paid AD&D Insurance
  • Company holidays
  • Birthday off
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Fuel reimbursement

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Aug 2023

$40m

LATE VC

Aug 2022

$15.3m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $123.6m

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Leadership

Suyu Zhang

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously iOS Engineer at Raise.com, Co-Founder & CTO at Weelio, and iOS Engineer at AKTA and After School App.

Linxin Wen

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previosuly Studied at Education Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business

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