Kitopi
Cloud kitchen operator and dining rewards app behind 100+ Gulf restaurant brands
Kitopi started in Dubai in 2018 as a managed cloud-kitchen operator that cooked, packed and delivered on behalf of restaurant brands, and has grown into a vertically integrated food group that also owns and runs its own brands including Operation Falafel, Taqado, Catch-22 and Awani. It operates more than 200 locations and over 100 brands across Gulf markets such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, and runs a consumer app for delivery, pickup, dine-in scanning and cashback rewards in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Jeddah. A $415 million Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 in 2021 made it the Middle East's fastest company to reach a $1 billion valuation.