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Eat Club Raises $5M

By TechTaffy Desk

Eat Club has raised a $5 million Series A funding led by August Capital with participation from First Round Capital, Siemer Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Launch Capital, Tekton Ventures, Mark Vadon (co-Founder of Blue Nile & Zulily), and angel investors.

Howard Hartenbaum of August Capital joins Rob Hayes of First Round Capital on the company’s board. First Round Capital led the Eat Club’s seed financing in 2011.

Eat Club is an Internet-based logistics technology and e-commerce service that presents a changing daily assortment of lunches to its members via its website and mobile services. Eat Club delivers to over 1,500 Bay Area companies.

Investors in Eat Club include First Round Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Launch Capital, Siemer Ventures, Tekton Ventures, Brian Lee (founder of ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom), Niren Hiro (AdMob), Aki Sano (Founder of Cookpad) and Michael Kinsbergen (CEO).

[Image courtesy: Eat Club]

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