Usecari
1 known investors
Cari is a B2B payments platform for the food and restaurant industry, letting restaurant operators and suppliers pay invoices, track cost of goods, and earn rewards and vendor discounts. It offers a payments dashboard, business cards, flexible payment terms, and ERP-style tools to manage vendor billing and supplier relationships.
Also known as Cari · Cari Rewards Corp · Use Cari
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Cari, operating online as Use Cari (usecari.com), is a business payments platform aimed at the restaurant supply chain, serving both restaurant operators and the suppliers that sell to them. The product is presented as a single dashboard through which businesses pay vendor invoices, track cost of goods, and manage supplier relationships, with a rewards layer that grants points and vendor discounts for making payments. Additional advertised capabilities include Cari business cards, support for digital wallets, flexible payment terms intended to align an operator's cash flow with its suppliers' expectations, multi-user team access, multi-entity support, and ERP-style tools for navigating vendor billing.
The company positions itself as a payments platform built around core operational spend rather than consumer perks, and states it was founded by industry insiders familiar with the supplier-operator relationship. As of the material available, the site directs prospective customers to join a waitlist rather than sign up directly.
Cari Rewards Corp states it is not a bank; the Cari Visa credit card is issued by Transportation Alliance Bank, Inc. (dba TAB Bank), a Member FDIC institution, under license from Visa U.S.A. Inc.
Business model
Cari provides a payments and vendor-billing platform used by restaurant operators and suppliers, distributed as software plus a co-branded credit card product issued by a partner bank (TAB Bank) under a Visa license, with a rewards and vendor-discount program attached to payment volume.
Traction
The website offers a waitlist for prospective users rather than open self-service sign-up.
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Market position
The company describes itself as the first payments platform designed around core operational spend rather than consumer perks, and says it was founded by industry insiders who built the platform to benefit both suppliers and operators.
Technology
A web dashboard for initiating and managing vendor payments, tracking cost of goods, and administering rewards, combined with issued business payment cards supporting digital wallets and configurable payment terms; the company describes the offering as including ERP-style functionality.
Go-to-market
Direct online acquisition through the company website, currently gated behind a waitlist sign-up, addressing both sides of the supplier-operator relationship.
Restaurant operators and the suppliers/vendors that serve the food and restaurant industry, including businesses operating multiple entities and teams.
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primary sources listed
- Usecariusecari.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Usecari do?
- Cari is a payments platform for restaurant operators and their suppliers that adds rewards to invoice and vendor spend.
- Who are Usecari's investors?
- Usecari's investors include Evolution VC Partners.