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Ashley Whitehurst

Managing Director

Past deals in Restaurants

OpenTab

Pre Seed Round in 2025
OpenTab is a Columbus-based fintech startup transforming the bar and restaurant experience by eliminating the physical act of paying a tab. Through seamless integrations with leading point-of-sale systems, OpenTab enables guests to open, view, and close their tabs directly from their phone—creating a frictionless, country club style experience. By digitizing tab management, OpenTab empowers hospitality venues to reduce wait times, increase turnover, and deliver a better guest experience without changing existing workflows. OpenTab’s unique model also incentivizes restaurants to drive user adoption, creating a powerful flywheel of growth.

OpenTab POS

Convertible Note in 2025
OpenTab POS provides point of sale software designed for the restaurant and bar industry. The platform offers features such as predictive search, alternative payment types including digital wallets, and private label cards. It aims to streamline operations by integrating payments and POS functionalities on a single device. The software is created by business owners to meet the specific needs of the hospitality sector.

Eatsee

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Eatsee brings the restaurant experience to the Instagram generation. We create beautiful, visual menus for cafes and restaurants to showcase photos of each dish on their menu for customers to see before they order. Eatsee's dish based discovery app (likened to Tinder for food) allows customers to discover new places to dine by swiping left and right through photos of dishes personalised to discovery settings like distance, price, dietary requirements and meal types.

Zupp

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Zupp is a mobile application tailored for college students, aiming to enhance their college experience. The platform offers users access to exclusive deals and rewards, including free food and drinks, buy-one-get-one meals, and discounts at various bars and restaurants. Additionally, Zupp provides opportunities for spontaneous events such as happy hours, complimentary comedy shows, and curated scavenger hunts in the city. By facilitating these experiences, Zupp helps students forge friendships through shared adventures, enriching their social lives during their college years.

Cafe X Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Cafe X Technologies, Inc. operates a robotic café in San Francisco, providing a range of coffee beverages, including espresso, cappuccino, cortado, and Americano. Founded in 2014, the company aims to enhance productivity in the service industry through automation. It is privately funded, receiving backing from several investors, including Khosla Ventures, Social Capital, Jason Calacanis, Felicis Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and The Thiel Foundation.

Cafe X Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
Cafe X Technologies, Inc. operates a robotic café in San Francisco, providing a range of coffee beverages, including espresso, cappuccino, cortado, and Americano. Founded in 2014, the company aims to enhance productivity in the service industry through automation. It is privately funded, receiving backing from several investors, including Khosla Ventures, Social Capital, Jason Calacanis, Felicis Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and The Thiel Foundation.

Cafe X Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Cafe X Technologies, Inc. operates a robotic café in San Francisco, providing a range of coffee beverages, including espresso, cappuccino, cortado, and Americano. Founded in 2014, the company aims to enhance productivity in the service industry through automation. It is privately funded, receiving backing from several investors, including Khosla Ventures, Social Capital, Jason Calacanis, Felicis Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and The Thiel Foundation.

Requested

Seed Round in 2016
Requested offers an application that enables its users to find, name your own price, and book local restaurants and bars through their mobile phones. Its users are able to share restaurants and earn rewards. It also enables its customers to send gift cards through its application. Requested enables restaurants and bars to promote their services by paying a reservation fee. Requested was founded in 2014 and is based in Sacramento, California.

Bento

Seed Round in 2016
We believe that you should not have to choose between eating healthy and conveniently. Bento delivers delicious Asian food in minutes in San Francisco. Using our app, customers start building their Bento by choosing a main dish. We have three options, that rotate daily. Next customers choose four side dishes. We have six to eight side options, that also rotate daily. The menu focuses on Asian-inspired food with dishes like Korean short ribs, Japanese eggplant, dragon roll, seaweed salad, okonomiyaki, and gyoza. After placing an order, customers track their server’s location and progress. They’ll meet our server curbside, grab their Bento, and it’s time to eat! Our patent pending packaging enables this system allowing for delivery in an average of 15 minutes. Since launch we have seen double-digit W/W growth.

Bento

Venture Round in 2015
We believe that you should not have to choose between eating healthy and conveniently. Bento delivers delicious Asian food in minutes in San Francisco. Using our app, customers start building their Bento by choosing a main dish. We have three options, that rotate daily. Next customers choose four side dishes. We have six to eight side options, that also rotate daily. The menu focuses on Asian-inspired food with dishes like Korean short ribs, Japanese eggplant, dragon roll, seaweed salad, okonomiyaki, and gyoza. After placing an order, customers track their server’s location and progress. They’ll meet our server curbside, grab their Bento, and it’s time to eat! Our patent pending packaging enables this system allowing for delivery in an average of 15 minutes. Since launch we have seen double-digit W/W growth.

Cafe X Technologies

Angel Round in 2015
Cafe X Technologies, Inc. operates a robotic café in San Francisco, providing a range of coffee beverages, including espresso, cappuccino, cortado, and Americano. Founded in 2014, the company aims to enhance productivity in the service industry through automation. It is privately funded, receiving backing from several investors, including Khosla Ventures, Social Capital, Jason Calacanis, Felicis Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and The Thiel Foundation.

Bento

Seed Round in 2015
We believe that you should not have to choose between eating healthy and conveniently. Bento delivers delicious Asian food in minutes in San Francisco. Using our app, customers start building their Bento by choosing a main dish. We have three options, that rotate daily. Next customers choose four side dishes. We have six to eight side options, that also rotate daily. The menu focuses on Asian-inspired food with dishes like Korean short ribs, Japanese eggplant, dragon roll, seaweed salad, okonomiyaki, and gyoza. After placing an order, customers track their server’s location and progress. They’ll meet our server curbside, grab their Bento, and it’s time to eat! Our patent pending packaging enables this system allowing for delivery in an average of 15 minutes. Since launch we have seen double-digit W/W growth.

Requested

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Requested offers an application that enables its users to find, name your own price, and book local restaurants and bars through their mobile phones. Its users are able to share restaurants and earn rewards. It also enables its customers to send gift cards through its application. Requested enables restaurants and bars to promote their services by paying a reservation fee. Requested was founded in 2014 and is based in Sacramento, California.

Bento

Pre Seed Round in 2014
We believe that you should not have to choose between eating healthy and conveniently. Bento delivers delicious Asian food in minutes in San Francisco. Using our app, customers start building their Bento by choosing a main dish. We have three options, that rotate daily. Next customers choose four side dishes. We have six to eight side options, that also rotate daily. The menu focuses on Asian-inspired food with dishes like Korean short ribs, Japanese eggplant, dragon roll, seaweed salad, okonomiyaki, and gyoza. After placing an order, customers track their server’s location and progress. They’ll meet our server curbside, grab their Bento, and it’s time to eat! Our patent pending packaging enables this system allowing for delivery in an average of 15 minutes. Since launch we have seen double-digit W/W growth.

Reserve Media

Seed Round in 2014
Reserve Media, Inc. offers a digital dining concierge service that connects restaurants with diners, enhancing the overall dining experience. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston, Reserve provides a platform that allows customers to discover restaurants, make reservations, and enjoy personalized services. For restaurant partners, the platform reduces reservation cancellations, enhances customer relationship management, and provides actionable insights to improve business operations. With a mission to become the preferred booking method for all reservations, Reserve has established partnerships with many prominent restaurateurs. The service is accessible through a mobile application available on both iOS and Android devices. In 2018, Reserve Media, Inc. became a subsidiary of Resy Network, Inc.
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