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§ Private Profile · Cambridge, MA, USA
Squadle is a technology company.
Squadle offers an AI-powered workflow automation platform designed for multi-unit operators. Its core product provides digital checklists, shift management, and robust food safety monitoring. Utilizing IoT devices like wireless temperature sensors, the system automates critical checks and calibrations. This ensures regulatory compliance and proactively prevents contamination, enhancing efficiency across food service and hospitality.
Founded by Le Zhang, then CEO, Squadle emerged from his insight into systemic issues contributing to food safety incidents. Zhang developed a comprehensive software solution, integrating tablets and a sophisticated back-end, to empower businesses with improved control over their daily operations and mitigate risks.
Squadle's platform assists multi-unit businesses in achieving greater efficiency and maintaining stringent food safety standards. The company's mission centers on equipping operators with tools to proactively avert contamination at the service level. Squadle remains committed to continuous product innovation, further simplifying and optimizing complex operational workflows for its clientele.
Squadle has raised $3.3M across 2 funding rounds.
Squadle has raised $3.3M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Squadle has raised $3.3M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Other Equity in July 2018.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2018 | $3M Venture Round | — | Companyon Ventures, Walnut Ventures | Announced |
| Aug 1, 2015 | $250K Seed | — | Baird Capital, Baseline Ventures, BoxGroup, Converge Venture Partners, Founder Collective, G20 Ventures, Kain Capital, Propeller VC, Trajectory Ventures, WGI Group, Y Combinator, David Chang, Dharmesh Shah, Eric Ries, Mike Volpe, Othman Laraki, Scott Belsky | Announced |
Squadle is a workflow automation company specializing in digital food safety and operational compliance tools for multi-unit operators in restaurants, convenience stores, and retail.[1][2][3] It builds a platform featuring proprietary digital checklists, patented ZeroTouch sensor automation for temperature logging, machine vision technology, shift management, and remote temperature monitoring to simplify complex back-of-house operations and ensure regulatory compliance.[1][4][7] Serving major brands across tens of thousands of locations worldwide, Squadle addresses food safety risks like contamination and equipment failures, with proven impact including over 3.3 billion tasks stored, 100 million+ temperatures measured, and a 31% reduction in health department violations for customers.[3][5][7]
The platform targets multi-unit foodservice operators facing manual, error-prone processes, delivering out-of-the-box intuitive products that automate checks for PPE, equipment calibration, food temps, and alerts for out-of-range conditions, freeing staff for revenue-generating tasks.[1][5][7]
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Squadle emerged to tackle food safety and compliance challenges in the restaurant industry, particularly for multi-unit franchise operations.[2][4] The company has grown from early digital checklist innovations to a comprehensive suite incorporating patented technologies like ZeroTouch for automated thermometer data transfer and remote monitoring systems launched in 2022.[4][5] Key milestones include storing over one billion checklist records early on, scaling to 3.3 billion tasks and 100 million temperatures measured, while securing investments from top investors and serving global brands.[3][7] Specific founders are not detailed in available sources, but the focus has evolved with AI, computer vision patents (six filed, covering AI and image processing), and acquisitions like integration under Crunchtime.[4][7]
Squadle rides the wave of digital transformation in foodservice, where rising labor shortages, health regulations post-COVID, and e-commerce growth demand automated compliance amid a $1 trillion+ global industry.[5] Its timing aligns with AI-driven ops tech adoption, enabling QSRs and c-stores to cut violations by 31% and redirect staff from paperwork to sales, countering manual processes that plague 70%+ of multi-unit ops.[5] Market forces like stricter FDA rules and inventory waste (costing billions annually) favor Squadle's hardware-software combo, influencing the ecosystem by setting standards for touchless safety—similar to competitors like Jolt—while powering brands' scalability through data insights and ecosystem integrations.[4][5]
Squadle is poised for expansion via AI enhancements and partnerships, potentially dominating food safety automation as regulations tighten and IoT sensors proliferate.[4][5] Trends like predictive analytics for outbreaks and labor tech will shape its path, evolving influence from compliance tool to full ops platform under Crunchtime, amplifying reach in a post-pandemic world prioritizing safety.[7] This positions Squadle to sustain momentum from billion-scale data handling, delivering sustained ROI for operators simplifying chaos into efficiency.[3][7]
Squadle has raised $3.3M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Squadle's investors include Companyon Ventures, Walnut Ventures, Baird Capital, Baseline Ventures, BoxGroup, Converge Venture Partners, Founder Collective, G20 Ventures, Kain Capital, Propeller VC, Trajectory Ventures, WGI Group.