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xtraCHEF

New York, US · Founded 2015 · 31 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors

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xtraCHEF provides accounting, financial management, and operations software for restaurants and food service businesses. The platform uses cloud, mobile, machine learning, and OCR technology to automate financial and operational tasks for hospitality operators.

Founders & leadership

xtraCHEF was founded in 2015 by Andy Schwartz, Bhavik Patel, and Chaz Brown.

ASAndy Schwartz
Andy SchwartzCo-Founder / CEOAndy Schwartz led sales and marketing as SVP at MTS Software Solutions before co-founding xtraCHEF in 2016, which Toast acquired in 2021. He later served as VP of Growth at Toast and Head of Product for the Financial Suite at Square, and founded Profit Labs and Navara Technologies.
BPBhavik Patel
Bhavik PatelCo-Founder & CTOBhavik Patel spent a decade at J&B Software working on remote capture products before serving as CTO of MTS Software Solutions and then co-founding xtraCHEF in 2016. After Toast acquired the company, he was VP of Product and Engineering there, and has since founded PieQ.ai and co-founded Ai Labz.
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Chaz BrownCo-Founder

Investors · 6

Also in the syndicate · 2

MVP CapitalleadMVP Capital Partnerslead

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$7.5M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2019

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

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Frequently asked questions

What does xtraCHEF do?
xtraCHEF provides accounting, financial management, and operations software for restaurants and food service businesses. The platform uses cloud, mobile, machine learning, and OCR technology to automate financial and operational tasks for hospitality operators.
Who founded xtraCHEF?
xtraCHEF was founded by Andy Schwartz, Bhavik Patel, Chaz Brown in 2015.
Who are xtraCHEF's investors?
xtraCHEF's investors include Beresford Ventures, Connectivity Ventures, Valuestream Ventures, Laconia.
How much funding has xtraCHEF raised?
xtraCHEF has disclosed $7.5M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is xtraCHEF headquartered?
xtraCHEF is headquartered in New York, US.