In an effort to boost his dark kitchens business, Travis Kalanick is going after restaurant aggregators. The Uber co-founder and onetime CEO is now putting his focus (and hundreds of millions of his dollars) into his CloudKitchens virtual restaurant company — and is also throwing...
A lobbying organization with apparent ties to former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s dark kitchen startup is preparing to go to war against food delivery apps. The Digital Restaurant Association (DRA) was formed in March by executives at Tusk Holdings, a lobbying firm hired by Kalanick’s...
Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick’s ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens is raising funds by the millions, most recently securing an investment from tech giant Microsoft, according to a Financial Times report Wednesday (Sept. 7) citing unnamed sources with insider information. Read more: Microsoft Backs Uber...
Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick once again has the financial backing of tech giant Microsoft, this time, for his new venture CloudKitchens. Microsoft is the first U.S.-based investor that backed Uber and also invested in Klanick’s dark kitchen startup, Financial Times reported on Wednesday...
September 05, 2023
Ghost kitchen startup CloudKitchens has reportedly fired staff and closed warehouses to shrink expenses. The apparent cuts at the company — led by Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick — are the subject of a Tuesday (Sept. 5) report by the Financial Times (FT), and offer the latest example of the tough funding environment facing startups. PYMNTS has contacted the company […]
October 06, 2022
A lobbying organization with apparent ties to former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s dark kitchen startup is preparing to go to war against food delivery apps. The Digital Restaurant Association (DRA)...
September 07, 2022
Uber co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick once again has the financial backing of tech giant Microsoft, this time, for his new venture CloudKitchens. Microsoft is the first U.S.-based investor that...
October 21, 2020
In making his new ghost kitchens startup CloudKitchens, ex-Uber Co-founder Travis Kalanick has become something of a real estate mogul, buying up 40 properties in two dozen cities, according to...
