Founded in Dubai in 2018, Kitopi set the record for the Middle East’s fastest unicorn three years later, receiving a USD 1bn valuation following a USD 415m funding round.
The company, which offers a managed cloud kitchen platform, has made great waves in a short time around the world, too. Today, it operates in the UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Poland, and Bahrain.
Behind this success is its proprietary in-house technology to enables it to cook for multiple brands from a single kitchen. Kitopi handles the entire operational process from preparation to direct delivery to customers.
Following the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the company looked to diversify its solutions portfolio. As well as cooking for food and beverage outlets, Kitopi began investing in them too. Today, the company is a tech-powered multi-brand restaurant that offers both online and dine-in options.
And tech-powered is the key term. Kitopi’s growth is powered by its innovative and scalable software solutions. Its kitchens are all equipped with the Smart Kitchen Operating System, an in-house suite of applications that optimises cloud kitchen operations in real time.
The team behind this technology is based in Poland. It consists of 100 staff with various specialisations, including Frontend Developers, QA Engineers, Platform Developers, Data Mining Engineers, Solution Architects, Lead Data Analysts and Product Managers.
As Kitopi’s rapid rise to unicorn status shows, this is not a company that likes to sit still. As well as relying on its propriety kitchen management software, the company also develops and deploys a range of other solutions, from personalised web and mobile e-commerce apps to customer service, delivery, control, and other business applications.
The company currently operates around 60 applications and 50 additional components, with more on the way. Combined, this enviable tech stack powers its many multi-brand cloud kitchens and dine-in locations throughout the Middle East.
