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Dan Rowe

Investor

Managing Partner at Kitchen Fund

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Writes $100K – $5M checks

About

Dan Rowe leverages hands-on restaurant experience—from dishwasher and cook to franchisee who grew a bagel chain and built Qdoba—to identify long-line Middle Eastern and Indian concepts and scale them nationwide.

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechRetail Tech

Experience

  1. Fransmart Franchise Development CompanyChief Executive Officercurrent2000 — present
  2. Kitchen FundManaging Partnercurrent2016 — presentNew York, New York
  3. YPO Young Presidents OrganizationMembercurrent2004 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
  4. Franchise Development CompanyChief Executive Officer1997 — 2000

Education

  1. UC Irvineno, business1986 — 1987
  2. HBHS1981 — 1985

Skills & more

Strategic Planning99Strategy7Franchise development33Raising capital27Franchising99Small Business67Capital Allocation37Franchise Consulting99Menu Development27Restaurants99Entrepreneurship99Franchise Sales44
+12 moreReal EstateLead GenerationBudgetsRestaurant ManagementNew Business DevelopmentFood ServiceFood & BeverageExecutive ManagementHospitalityIncome StatementGrowing franchise businessesRetail

From Dan's professional profile.

Colleagues at Kitchen Fund

Akash Mirchandani
Partner at Kitchen Fund
Evan Morgan
Advisory Committee at Kitchen Fund
Geoff Vuleta
Advisory Committee at Kitchen Fund
Greg Golkin
Managing Partner at Kitchen Fund
Kanak Nagee
Vice President at Kitchen Fund
Richard Eisenberg
Advisory Committee at Kitchen Fund
Scott Berger
Senior Associate at Kitchen Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Dan Rowe work?
Dan Rowe is Managing Partner at Kitchen Fund.
What does Dan Rowe invest in?
Dan Rowe invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Direct to Consumer, FoodTech, Retail Tech.
What check size does Dan Rowe write?
Dan Rowe typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended UC Irvine117

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Shared employers

Also worked at YPO Young Presidents Organization187

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