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Fresco
Smartphone application for smart home kitchen cooking
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Food
- Internet of Things
- SaaS
- Mobile
- Usher's Quay, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Company mission
Fresco's mission is to empower and inspire anyone to cook delicious food by connecting the world's recipes and appliances — all orchestrated through a magical user experience.
Our take
Home cooking has become increasingly innovative in recent years due to smart cooking appliances, online recipes, and ingredient management software. However, whilst all of these features are useful independently, many criticize them for their lack of connectivity with each other, showing a demand for an integrated IoT (Internet of Things) solution.
Fresco develops a smartphone application for smart home cooking, providing personalized tools that connect smart appliances with the app to provide an augmented cooking experience. Users can view recipes based on the ingredients they have, follow step-by-step cooking instructions, control kitchen appliances remotely, and save their favorite recipes for future use.
Whilst cooking applications have been helping home cookers for years, Fresco has taken this a step further by adapting their software tools to work directly with the appliances and ingredients present in the user’s kitchen. Complimented by further features such as recipe resizing, ingredient substituting, community forums, and shopping lists, the company claims that its smartphone app encourages people to cook more frequently due to the convenience that it provides.
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Benefits
- Your Ideal Setup - whether you prefer to work at a standing desk, or need an ergonomic keyboard stand, you’ll have access to the tools you need
- Bike to Work - start your work day off with a healthy burst of adrenaline with the Bike to Work scheme — and keep your new wheels safely inside
- Pension Scheme - we offer easy access to the PRSA pension scheme and can help you in setting up a plan that’s right for you
- Relocation Assistance - if you're relocating to Dublin to join us, we'll assist you with your relocation costs and the logistics of getting settled.
- Tax Saver - save the environment, and money on your commute, with easy access to the Taxsaver transport scheme
- Snacks and Drinks - we keep our kitchen fully stocked with fruits, nuts, snacks and homemade treats. Not to mention a killer coffee machine
- Events and Culture - wine and cheese, or pizza and beer? Our monthly events cover all bases, and our weekly yoga classes will keep you limber inbetween
- 24 Days Annual Leave - take a few extra Drop-holiday days every year to explore the world and embrace a healthy work-life balance
- Healthcare - as well as an apple a day, our comprehensive health cover will help keep the doctor at bay
- Maternity / Paternity Leave - we offer generous paid maternity and paternity leave to support our team members in raising their little Droplets
- Personal Development - you’ll have whatever support you need to grow your career with us, with access to courses, books, conferences and screencasts
- Employee Stock Options - our generous stock options ensure we all benefit from our long term success as a company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2022
$20m
SERIES B
Jun 2020
$13.3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $89m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Ben Harris
(CEO)Experience as Designer for James Leckey Design from 2008 to 2012. Creative Director for White Zebra Studios from 2012 to 2014.
Jonny McCauley
(Head of Design)Over 20 Years as Freelance Designer. Creative Director for Motive from 2010 to 2012, and for Lively Group from 2012 to 2013.