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Tovala

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Chicago, IL, USAFounded 2015375+ employees$68.6M raisedGrowthPrivate
Last round: series c · Aug 2022(10 rounds total)
A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service.
Backed by(32 investors)
Origin VenturesLeft Lane CapitalFinistere VenturesTyson VenturesY CombinatorChanger ClubFJ LabsLIP Ventures Boutique50 South CapitalOurCrowdJoseph MansuetoPritzker Group Venture CapitalComcast VenturesValor Equity Partners

Tovala combines a smart oven with a fresh meal delivery service to makes dinner effortless. Tovala is a smart oven that sits on the countertop and is paired with a companion meal delivery service.

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About the Company

Tovala makes home-cooked meals effortless.We are a Chicago-based food-tech company that sells a smart, countertop steam oven that is paired with a weekly meal delivery service. We manufacture our hardware in south-east Asia and sell direct to consumer. Our food is produced in our own facility here in Chicago under the careful guidance of our Chefs. Meals are shipped to customers everywhere in the lower 48 states every week.

We pride ourselves on being a great place to work that makes hugely positive impact in our customers lives through the food they eat.

Tech Stack

Our servers are built on AWS using golang APIs and a PostgreSQL database. We maintain native iOS and Android apps, and on the web, we use React.js for our internal tools and checkout with Webflow for our marketing site CMS. Our ovens are built on the Electric Imp IoT platform.

While we have fun playing with technology, we love that all our software goes to work helping people cook effortlessly. Most software companies are all about the Agile, ours is all about delicious food.

Founders

David Rabie
David Rabie

Co-Founder/CEO of Tovala. Career spent in variety of food & technology roles. Live in Chicago with wife and daughter -- still miss the California weather.

Bryan Wilcox
Bryan Wilcox

Ready to start your space career at Tovala?

Shipping like we're funded. We're not. No affiliation.

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