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Sweetheart Kitchen: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Sweetheart Kitchen is a private label multi-brand virtual kitchen that creates (and owns) all of the brands within its portfolio (bySWHK). They do not work with third-party restaurants looking to outsource their delivery volume and maintain strict control over their food quality, financials, and customer experience. Sweetheart Kitchen was designed to eliminate the various bottlenecks (capacity constraints) in the food delivery Supply Chain by integrating tech, cuisines, and processes into a system built to handle the rigors of food delivery. It focuses on the reduction of process lead time and variation in an effort to not only produce high-quality cuisine with great variety but to give the consumer (and delivery apps) the ability to reduce estimated delivery times and optimize logistics (reduce cost). Market level Supply Chain optimization and profitability on a “per order” basis (taking into account the costs of logistics) should be the ultimate goal of any virtual kitchen, and to achieve this, Sweetheart Kitchen has introduced a LEAN (Six Sigma) mindset and focus on process efficiency, not only demand aggregation (revenue). It uses advanced cooking techniques, and technology backed manufacturing processes, Sweetheart Kitchen produces its own consistently high-quality, fresh, and delicious food delivered to its customers in a matter of minutes. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

www.byswhk.com LinkedIn Dubai, United Arab Emirates 101-250 employees
Catering Food and Beverage Food Delivery Food Processing Manufacturing Restaurants
Total raised
$15.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Oct 2020

Sweetheart Kitchen has raised $15.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $15.0M announced in Oct 2020.

That round is above the $2.4M median round size for Food and Beverage companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Sweetheart Kitchen Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$15.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$15.0M in Oct 2020
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2020.

Sweetheart Kitchen Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$15.0M

Sweetheart Kitchen Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Peter Schatzberg
CEO
Locked

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

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Sweetheart Kitchen Funding Compared to Other Food and Beverage Startups

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Sweetheart Kitchen's latest round of $15.0M is above the median round in Food and Beverage. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Sweetheart Kitchen Funding FAQs

What does Sweetheart Kitchen do?

Sweetheart Kitchen is a private label multi-brand virtual kitchen that creates (and owns) all of the brands within its portfolio (bySWHK). They do not work with third-party restaurants looking to outsource their delivery volume and maintain strict control over their food quality, financials, and customer experience. Sweetheart Kitchen was designed to eliminate the various bottlenecks (capacity constraints) in the food delivery Supply Chain by integrating tech, cuisines, and processes into a system built to handle the rigors of food delivery. It focuses on the reduction of process lead time and variation in an effort to not only produce high-quality cuisine with great variety but to give the consumer (and delivery apps) the ability to reduce estimated delivery times and optimize logistics (reduce cost). Market level Supply Chain optimization and profitability on a “per order” basis (taking into account the costs of logistics) should be the ultimate goal of any virtual kitchen, and to achieve this, Sweetheart Kitchen has introduced a LEAN (Six Sigma) mindset and focus on process efficiency, not only demand aggregation (revenue). It uses advanced cooking techniques, and technology backed manufacturing processes, Sweetheart Kitchen produces its own consistently high-quality, fresh, and delicious food delivered to its customers in a matter of minutes. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

How much funding has Sweetheart Kitchen raised?

Sweetheart Kitchen has raised $15.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $15.0M announced in Oct 2020.

When did Sweetheart Kitchen last raise funding?

Sweetheart Kitchen's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $15.0M, announced in Oct 2020.

Who is the CEO of Sweetheart Kitchen?

Peter Schatzberg is listed as CEO at Sweetheart Kitchen.

Where is Sweetheart Kitchen headquartered?

Sweetheart Kitchen is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

How many employees does Sweetheart Kitchen have?

Sweetheart Kitchen is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does Sweetheart Kitchen's funding compare to other Food and Beverage startups?

Sweetheart Kitchen's latest round of $15.0M is above the $2.4M median round size for Food and Beverage companies on FundedIQ across 1,333 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Sweetheart Kitchen 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 Sweetheart Kitchen is left off this page rather than filled in.

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