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Shef
Local, homemade meal delivery service
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- Food
- Customer service
- Delivery
- South Beach, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To bring the sharing economy to the table by empowering its Shefs to make money from their personal kitchens.
60% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
As consumers continue to turn toward more convenient options, the demand for food delivery services is ever-increasing. Whilst services such as Uber Eats and Grubhub provide fast delivery and variety, people still crave authenticity and home-cooked meals as an alternative to fast-food takeaways.
Shef is an online marketplace that connects customers to local home chefs with an aim to provide a more authentic culinary delivery experience. The service runs as a browser and smartphone app, allowing users to order home-cooked meals days in advance to prepare food for a busy week.
The startup has taken an interesting stance on food delivery by staying away from short-notice and mass-produced meals, instead focusing on meal planning and authenticity. Furthermore, Shef provides an opportunity for local chefs to make a living from their homes, in a landscape where hospitality is dominated by food chains.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Equal opportunity employer
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2023
$66.5m
SERIES B
Jun 2021
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $95.3m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Joey Grassia
(CEO)Having studied at UCLA, Joey spent 3 years at Facebook before co-founding Dapper Goat in April 2013, as well as KUTOA and Steamm Espresso. They used this entrepreneurial experience to found Shef in January 2019, serving as co-CEO.
Alvin Salehi
(Chairman)Previously served as a White House Technology Advisor under President Obama, where he founded Code.gov. Salehi also serves as a research affiliate at Harvard University and a Venture Partner at NextGen VP.