Reef Technology (Kitchens division)
Total Raised
$1.50B
Peak Valuation
$4B
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2023
Business model
Converted underused parking lots and urban real estate into logistics hubs, including a major push into ghost kitchens partnered with restaurant chains like Wendy's.
In brief
Backed by one of SoftBank's largest bets, pivoting from a parking management company into a sprawling "neighborhood logistics hub" business that included an ambitious plan to open 700 ghost kitchen locations through a partnership with Wendy's. That Wendy's partnership collapsed i…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2013
- Closed
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Miami, USA
- Industry
- Food Tech / Real Estate
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Ari Ojalvo, Carlos Bercht, Ben Bercht
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Often compared with: Kitchen United, CloudKitchens.