London-based Feast It, an online marketplace that lets you book ‘street food’-styled catering for your work or social event, has picked up $440,000 in seed funding.
Backing the young company is Jeremy Mogford (founder of Brown’s restaurants and owner of Mogford Hotels & Restaurants), Tim Burridge (early investor in Hummus Bros) and Tim Brennan (founder of Caper & Berry Catering), and Tim Score (ex-CFO of ARM holdings).
The additional capital will be used to roll the service out across more of the U.K., where the startup has mainly focused on London and the South of England. I’m also told that Feast It has international ambitions longer term.
Created to streamline the process of booking street food vendors to cater for your wedding, party or event, Feast It operates much like any online marketplace, matching supply with demand. The vision is to open up the catering market to more street food type operators, who often have spare capacity outside of major events, such as festivals and food markets.
The startup…