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SideChef: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

SideChef is a mobile application that aims to improve people's kitchen skills by combining technology and culinary knowledge. It offers more than 15,000 Smart Recipes with step-by-step photo and video guided instructions to make cooking easier for everyone. With over 300 food blogging and 7 Smart Kitchen Technology partners, SideChef connects with users directly in their kitchens to help them create recipes for every occasion. The app features grocery list generation, grocery ordering through AmazonFresh and JD.com partners, Smart Kitchen Connection and automation, Scheduling, and Dietary Specifications. SideChef was awarded Best App by Google in 2017 and has been downloaded over 900,000 times since its official launch in 2014. Kevin Yu founded the app in 2013.

www.sidechef.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 51-100 employees
Apps Cooking Food and Beverage Internet of Things Smart Home Software Step-by-step Recipe app
Total raised
$6.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series B
Mar 2023

SideChef has raised $6.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series B of $6.0M announced in Mar 2023.

That round is above the $4.1M median round size for Apps companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

SideChef Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$6.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series B
$6.0M in Mar 2023
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2023.

SideChef Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$6.0M

SideChef Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Kevin Yu
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the SideChef team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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SideChef Funding Compared to Other Apps Startups

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Median round
2,426
$4.1M
29,722
$7.5M
4,289
$30M

SideChef's latest round of $6.0M is above the median round in Apps. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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SideChef Funding FAQs

What does SideChef do?

SideChef is a mobile application that aims to improve people's kitchen skills by combining technology and culinary knowledge. It offers more than 15,000 Smart Recipes with step-by-step photo and video guided instructions to make cooking easier for everyone. With over 300 food blogging and 7 Smart Kitchen Technology partners, SideChef connects with users directly in their kitchens to help them create recipes for every occasion. The app features grocery list generation, grocery ordering through AmazonFresh and JD.com partners, Smart Kitchen Connection and automation, Scheduling, and Dietary Specifications. SideChef was awarded Best App by Google in 2017 and has been downloaded over 900,000 times since its official launch in 2014. Kevin Yu founded the app in 2013.

How much funding has SideChef raised?

SideChef has raised $6.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series B of $6.0M announced in Mar 2023.

When did SideChef last raise funding?

SideChef's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $6.0M, announced in Mar 2023.

Who is the CEO of SideChef?

Kevin Yu is listed as CEO at SideChef.

Where is SideChef headquartered?

SideChef is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does SideChef have?

SideChef is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does SideChef's funding compare to other Apps startups?

SideChef's latest round of $6.0M is above the $4.1M median round size for Apps companies on FundedIQ across 2,426 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's SideChef Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for SideChef is left off this page rather than filled in.

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