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Chowbus

Chowbus

Private
Chicago, IllinoisEnterprise Softwarehttps://www.chowbus.com/

Last Round

Series E

Mar 11, 2026

Est. Valuation

$300M

Total Funding Raised

$205.4M

Momentum

Top 5%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Chowbus is a restaurant technology company that provides a full-stack SaaS and point-of-sale (POS) platform designed to support independent, culturally rooted restaurants.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

Point-of-Sale, Vertical SaaS, Digital Payments

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Payment Processing Fee, Subscription SaaS, Hardware + Subscription

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

restaurant point-of-salePOSrestaurant management softwarerestaurant SaaSvertical SaaSrestaurant techpayment processingrestaurant operationsrestaurant POS systemdigital orderingrestaurant automationAI restaurant toolsrestaurant analyticsrestaurant kiosk

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Chowbus Comps

Public and private peers based on sector, stage, and business model.

Chowbus comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
CompanyStatusEst. ValuationRev Multiple
OpenAIPrivate$86.0B~40x
CoherePrivate$5.0B--
Competitor 1Public$XX.XBXXx
Competitor 2Public$XX.XBXXx

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Chowbus Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series EMar 11, 2026
Series DAug 1, 2023
Early FundingAug 3, 2022
Series BOct 13, 2020
Series AJul 22, 2020
Seed
Jan 23, 2019

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Suyu Zhang

Co-Founder & CTO

Founding Team

Linxin Wen

CEO and Co-founder

Founding Team

Jonathan Fan

CFO

Executive Team

Chowbus Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Chowbus investors
InvestorRounds
Avocation InvestmentsSeries A
DST GlobalSeries B
GingerBread CapitalSeries B
Amino CapitalSeed
Altos VenturesSeries B, Series A
GreycroftSeed
FJ LabsSeries A, Series B, Series D, Seed

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  • Jul 6, 2026

    Open roles increased from 0 to 825, representing 434% of current headcount.

  • Mar 11, 2026

    $81M round led by Left Lane Capital and Prysm Capital.

Chowbus Filings

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Employee Range202
Year Founded2016
Last FundingMar 11, 2026

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