Kitchen Fund

Kitchen Fund, a growth equity investor based in New York, New York, provides capital, connections, and expertise to emerging restaurant brands and food & beverage companies that are changing how consumers eat. The firm specializes in purpose-driven brands emphasizing sustainability, innovation, and unique customer experiences, particularly within foodtech and agtech sectors. They typically invest in seed and Series A rounds, with check sizes ranging from $100K to $10M, targeting scalable concepts globally across regions like the USA, Africa, and Europe. To date, Kitchen Fund has made 13 investments, focusing on hospitality tech and consumer products. Their portfolio includes notable brands such as Sweetgreen, Cava, Gregorys Coffee, and JUICER. Kitchen Fund was co-founded in 2016 by Greg Golkin and Dan Rowe. Its business model centers on venture capital and growth equity fund investing in startups, check sizes range from $100K to $10M, focusing on seed and Series A rounds.

Kitchen Fund operates as a specialized growth equity investor, dedicating its resources to emerging restaurant brands poised to reshape the dining landscape. The firm extends capital alongside a critical combination of industry connections and operational expertise. Its approach centers on supporting concepts that deliver authentic customer experiences, facilitating purposeful growth by strengthening each brand's unique ethos rather than homogenizing their identity.

The fund was co-founded in 2016 by Dan Rowe, who brings over two decades of extensive experience in franchise development and scaling restaurant businesses. Rowe's insight stemmed from a recognized need within the industry for a partner that could offer more than just financing, providing strategic guidance and a robust network to help innovative restaurant concepts navigate their expansion challenges.

Kitchen Fund serves restaurant brands that are prepared for their next phase of growth, offering hands-on assistance across various operational and strategic domains. The firm's long-term vision is to cultivate a portfolio of sustainable and purpose-driven restaurant companies, emphasizing that thoughtful integration of environmental, social, and governance factors is paramount for enduring market outperformance and continued success.