Plug and Play

Plug and Play Tech Center, founded in 2006 and based in Sunnyvale, California, operates as a global accelerator and venture capital firm focusing on early-stage and seed investments in technology startups. It runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs twice a year, providing a platform for startups to connect with major corporations and investors. The firm emphasizes collaboration and innovation across various sectors, including fintech, health technology, retail, and sustainability. Plug and Play also offers resources such as funding, mentorship, office space, and networking opportunities to support startups in refining their business models and gaining market traction. With a presence in multiple locations worldwide, the firm has cultivated a vast network of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders, facilitating significant investments and fostering technological advancement.

Neda Amidi

President

Amir Amidi

Managing Partner of Travel and Hospitality Center of Innovation

Saeed Amidi

CEO

Wade Bitaraf

Founder, Energy and Sustainability

Kristi Choi

Investor

Matthew Claxton

Global Director

George Damouny

Partner

Tarek Elessawi

Principal

Gemma Guilera

Senior Partner Success Manager

Karima El Hakim

Country Director - Egypt

Jackie Hernandez

VP of Operations

Alireza Masrour

General Partner

Javier Megias

Managing Partner, EMEA VC Fund

Omeed Mehrinfar

Managing Partner, Middle-East

Kevin Parakkattu

Senior Associate, Ventures

Erena Estellés Tatay

Ventures Analyst

Connie Weisman

Corporate Partnerships - Innovation

Kevin Withstandley

Senior Director, Partner Success

Ivan Zgomba

Partner

Past deals in Restaurants

Passed Plates

Venture Round in 2020
Passed Plates is a mobile app where you can rescue surplus food from your local restaurants at 50% off or more! Businesses earn extra revenue from selling surplus, users get a steep discount, and food waste is reduced which then lowers greenhouse gas emissions from hurting our planet!

Nilus

Convertible Note in 2020
Nilus is an impact-driven company that aims to eradicate malnutrition by applying technology to deliver affordable and healthy food to low income people. Nilus is creating a new value chain for the base of the pyramid, based on food rescue, disintermediation and inclusive design. Our vision is to become the largest and most impactful food company in the Americas, by servicing the more than 360 million people living in poverty.

Bella & Bona

Convertible Note in 2020
Bella & Bona venture-capital-backed food-tech business offering a workplace food program that office workers love and look forward to every day. Our scalable dark kitchen operations and investments in data and technology automation allow to consistently deliver high-quality food, optimize health and nutritional values, while lowering cost, and considerably reducing food waste and CO2 emissions. The company raised in January 2020 a $3 million round led by Plug and Play, with additional funding from Rovagnati, Ambrosi, and other investors with a strong entrepreneurial background (former or current Mckinsey, Google, Auto1, BCG, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Rocket Internet, Foodora).

Bella & Bona

Seed Round in 2020
Bella & Bona venture-capital-backed food-tech business offering a workplace food program that office workers love and look forward to every day. Our scalable dark kitchen operations and investments in data and technology automation allow to consistently deliver high-quality food, optimize health and nutritional values, while lowering cost, and considerably reducing food waste and CO2 emissions. The company raised in January 2020 a $3 million round led by Plug and Play, with additional funding from Rovagnati, Ambrosi, and other investors with a strong entrepreneurial background (former or current Mckinsey, Google, Auto1, BCG, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Rocket Internet, Foodora).

Foodguide

Seed Round in 2016
Foodguide is a social network for food to share and explore dishes to find the best restaurants and hot spots nearby. With Foodguide users can explore new restaurants in their vicinity, use search and filter functions, order food through delivery services, pay online, and last but not least, become Foodguides themselves by sharing own content. Foodguide helps restaurant owners to enter social media and reach the influential target group generation Y by triggering a measurable return of new customers.

Grill on Box

Seed Round in 2016
Grill on Box delivers ingredients and recipes that provide great experiences in the grill. Grill on Box innovates your way of preparing grilled food, bringing to your door unique ingredients and incredible recipes to live great experiences in the grill.

Rappi

Seed Round in 2016
Rappi is a consumer tech company that specializes in providing online delivery services. It connects consumers who want to purchase prepared foods, groceries, clothes, and virtually anything with independent contractors who can fulfill those needs.

Luraki

Seed Round in 2015
Luraki Apps are witnessing how technology is revolutionizing a number of areas that They considered traditional. An example of this are companies like Airbnb, Bla or Uber, which soon have to start changing certain habits. They are aware that this revolution will come to other sectors, such as the agricultural and livestock sector, and so on Luraki They wanted to get ahead. Luraki born from the need to use technology to make it available to producers, creating a mobile channel to enable them to reach more directly to consumers manner. Their idea is to create a community in which producers are the protagonists.

KptnCook

Seed Round in 2015
Easy & healthy cooking with the free KptnCook app! Discover three tasty recipes from food bloggers every day, which will definitely be a success within 30 minutes thanks to the help of our step-by-step instruction.

KptnCook

Venture Round in 2014
Easy & healthy cooking with the free KptnCook app! Discover three tasty recipes from food bloggers every day, which will definitely be a success within 30 minutes thanks to the help of our step-by-step instruction.

Diana

Seed Round in 2013
Diana is a free mobile app that recommends restaurants according to the user’s tastes.

NewGoTos

Seed Round in 2013
NewGoTos is building an online platform that makes it fun and easy for friends to share recommendations for restaurants, wineries, travel and shopping. NewGoTos’s solution is to facilitate the way people prefer to get recommendations – from their friends. Our platform makes it easy for friends to share recommendations, and captures the information so it can be searchable and accessible at any time.

NatureBox

Series A in 2013
NatureBox is building a personalized food shopping experience online that caters to the consumer’s taste and dietary preferences. It is initially focusing on the $64B snack food category. By creating its own line of products, NatureBox intends to build a multi-channel and multi-category brand in the food industry. NatureBox continues to grow its customer base 50-100% per month of an already large base. NatureBox serves customers in all 50 states. The company has partnered with WhyHunger to help provide nutritious food to the millions of Americans who go hungry. Through WhyHunger, the company works directly with community organizations, emergency food providers, and summer meal programs for low-income children. Previously, NatureBox donated over 150,000 meals to Feeding America. NatureBox has over 500,000 fans on Facebook and receives over 450,000 visits per month.

Tip Network

Seed Round in 2013
The Tip Network achievement platform helps restaurants and their staff work smarter together. It untangles the tips process, replaces cash wages with digital currency, and distills the data into actionable insights.

Meetmeals

Seed Round in 2013
Eat and food with anyone, anywhere. Meetmeals allows you to organize social, gastronomic gatherings among people who love cooking and people who enjoy discovering new and different dishes. Food lovers and Cook Lovers can meet and experience a new level of gastronomy.

NatureBox

Seed Round in 2012
NatureBox is building a personalized food shopping experience online that caters to the consumer’s taste and dietary preferences. It is initially focusing on the $64B snack food category. By creating its own line of products, NatureBox intends to build a multi-channel and multi-category brand in the food industry. NatureBox continues to grow its customer base 50-100% per month of an already large base. NatureBox serves customers in all 50 states. The company has partnered with WhyHunger to help provide nutritious food to the millions of Americans who go hungry. Through WhyHunger, the company works directly with community organizations, emergency food providers, and summer meal programs for low-income children. Previously, NatureBox donated over 150,000 meals to Feeding America. NatureBox has over 500,000 fans on Facebook and receives over 450,000 visits per month.

FoodyDirect

Seed Round in 2011
FoodyDirect is an online marketplace bringing the most delicious food in the country right to the doorstep of your home or office.

NewGoTos

Seed Round in 2011
NewGoTos is building an online platform that makes it fun and easy for friends to share recommendations for restaurants, wineries, travel and shopping. NewGoTos’s solution is to facilitate the way people prefer to get recommendations – from their friends. Our platform makes it easy for friends to share recommendations, and captures the information so it can be searchable and accessible at any time.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.