Maple
Food DeliveryUSAClosed 2017
Total Raised
$25M
Peak Valuation
Undisclosed
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2017
Business model
Chef-prepared meal delivery from a single centralized kitchen, similar to Sprig and Munchery.
In brief
Delivered a small, rotating daily menu of chef-prepared meals from one centralized kitchen in New York, aiming for restaurant-quality food at a lower price than dining out. The same vertically-integrated kitchen economics that challenged Sprig and Munchery proved unsustainable at…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2014
- Closed
- 2017
- Headquarters
- New York, USA
- Industry
- Food Delivery
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Caleb Merkl, Akshay Navle, Sam Nathan
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Often compared with: Sprig, Munchery, Blue Apron.