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Kitopi Kitchen Company LLC

The region's tech-powered, multi-brand restaurant company

Founded 2018PrivateSeries C+Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai1000+ employeeskitopi.com
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Overview

Kitopi is a Dubai-founded, tech-powered cloud-kitchen and multi-brand restaurant company that operates over 100 F&B brands (including Zaroob, Right Bite, Operation Falafel, 800 Pizza and Taqado) from 200+ kitchen locations across the Middle East. Founded in January 2018, it became the UAE's first company backed by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 after a $415 million Series C round in December 2021, which pushed it past unicorn status. The company has since diversified from pure "kitchen-as-a-service" into owning and acquiring regional restaurant brands (e.g. the 2023 AWJ acquisition) and, per recent secondary reporting, reached profitability and continued raising growth capital into 2026.

Total Funding

$852M

Valuation $1.6B

40

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Steady

100

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Trending up

Details

Operating Status
Active
Company Type
Private
Funding Stage
Series C+
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founded
2018
Company Size
1000+ employees
Revenue
~$165.7M ARR (2024, per LATKA-reported figures), up from ~$125.6M in 2023
Website
kitopi.com
Founders
Saman DarkanBader Ataya

Products & Services

SKOS (Smart Kitchen Operating System)

Kitopi's proprietary in-house software platform that runs and optimizes its cloud kitchen operations end-to-end (order routing, kitchen coordination, inventory, demand forecasting, analytics).

Kitopi Rewards (formerly Right Bite meal-plan style app)

Consumer loyalty/cashback mobile app (iOS/Android and kitopirewards.com) offering ~20% cashback on dine-in, delivery and pickup orders across Kitopi's homegrown brands.

Kitopi cloud/dark-kitchen operating platform

Core B2B managed-kitchen infrastructure service: Kitopi builds, staffs and operates delivery-only and dine-in kitchens on behalf of 100+ owned and partner F&B brands across the GCC.

Owned/acquired restaurant brand portfolio (e.g. Zaroob, 800 Pizza, Operation Falafel, Catch 22, Awani, SushiDo, Right Bite, Biryani Pot, Salata, The Chin Chin, Eatopi)

Multi-brand restaurant concepts that Kitopi owns, operates, and/or has acquired (including via the AWJ acquisition) and scales across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.

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Tech stack

SKOS (Smart Kitchen Operating System) – Kitopi's proprietary, custom-built in-house software suite that manages order routing, kitchen-station coordination, demand forecasting, inventory and real-time operational performance across its cloud kitchens (documented on kitopi.com/tech and kitopi.com/smart-kitchens)

Financials

Series C+

Funding stage

$852M

Total raised

$1.6B

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