Zenchef builds an integrated SaaS platform that centralizes front‑of‑house operations for restaurants, including reservation and venue management, website and digital menu management, marketing tools, click & collect and mobile payments. The company emphasizes restaurant owner data ownership and a zero‑commission approach on reservations. Since its 2011 founding, Zenchef has processed nearly 50 million reservations—about 170 million diners overall, including more than 42 million in 2021—and supports over 7,000 restaurants across more than 15 countries, with leading positions in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Its customer base includes more than 180 Michelin‑starred chefs and major restaurant groups. Zenchef has recently integrated the startup Billee to launch Zenchef Pay and plans to roll out its first consumer mobile app this fall, initially covering over 1,500 Paris restaurants. With a new investment from PSG Equity, the company intends to accelerate European growth, expand B2B and B2C products and execute an ambitious recruitment campaign. Zenchef offers restaurants a full online marketing suite that includes website creation, online and offline reservation management, review tracking, customer feedback collection and automated customer communications. The company is rebranding from its previous name, 1001menus. Zenchef positions itself as an alternative to relying on third-party reservation platforms and general website builders by joining up the entire online marketing process for restaurants. It operates in France, the U.K. and Spain and currently claims 2,500 clients. The startup charges for its SaaS product (plans start at €79 per month) and also offers a free plan. Zenchef has passed €2 million in ARR and will use the new capital to pursue further international expansion, targeting 25,000 restaurants in Europe by 2018. 1001 Menus provides a platform enabling small businesses to manage their information across the Internet from a single interface. The service includes a website, a mobile site, and a Facebook app for adding menus to a Facebook fan page. An online tool lets business owners update listings across a network of more than 20 local directories and restaurant search engines. The company was founded in 2010 by Xavier Zeitoun, Thomas Zeitoun and Julien Balmont and is based in Paris, France. In November 2013 it raised €1.35m and intends to use the funds to expand its commercial efforts in France and Europe. No operating metrics or additional financial details were disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$58M

Funding rounds

3

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Equity

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Sep 2022