About

Founded

2019

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Industry

Restaurant

Company Description

Founded in 2019, Acelerate is a technology platform powering the next generation of restaurants. Our mission is to help restaurants bring insanely great food to more people. We do this by leveraging technology and recipes to help restaurants run multiple brands and storefronts from a single kitchen.

Quick Links

Website Jobs

Funding

Total Raised

$14.4 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Sequoia Capital

Company Traction

As of July 2021, Acelerate has signed three restaurants as brand licensing partners.

As of May 2023, Acelerate has signed at least eight restaurants as brand licensing partners, including Nash’s Hot Chicken, Wing Spot, Tendies Chicken Tenders, Super Smash Burgers, Supreme Breakfast Sandwiches, Fatties Philly Cheesesteaks, Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Deli, and Egghead Breakfast Burritos.

As of July 2021, Acelerate had thousands of customers using its software product and hundreds of restaurants licensing the Acelerate brands.

Leadership Team

Georgee Jacobs: Founder & CEO of Acelerate. Former Head of Drive & Product Operations Manager at DoorDash.

Max Russell: Head of Sales at Acelerate. Former Sales Account Manager at Stryker.

Ji Chen: Head of Engineering at Acelerate. Former Senior Engineering Manager, Marketplace at Instacart.

Kevin Paynter: City Launcher at Acelerate. Former Corporate Sales at IOTEC.

Kelly Jacobs: Sales at Acelerate. Former Regional Account Manager at ResortPass.

Press

TechCrunch (July 14, 2021): Acelerate raises $14.44M Series A to add cloud kitchens to existing restaurants

Acelerate