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Cafeteria

Cafeteria

Private
New York City, New YorkAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://www.teamcafeteria.com/

Last Round

Growth Equity

Jul 28, 2025

Est. Valuation

$22M

Total Funding Raised

$6M

Momentum

Top 50%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Cafeteria is a technology company that provides a consumer insights platform enabling brands to gather zero-party data and feedback directly from teenagers.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

Business Intelligence, Marketing, NLP & Conversational AI, Customer Experience, User-Generated Content

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

consumer insightszero-party datamarket research platformvoice of customerGen Z researchgen z marketingconsumer research toolcultural intelligencesentiment analysisconversational AIqualitative dataasynchronous researchvoice-based feedbackSaaS researchtrend analysis

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Cafeteria Funding Rounds

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RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Growth EquityJul 28, 2025
SeedOct 24, 2024

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Leeann Sheely

Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer

Founding Team

Mark Silverstein

Co-Founder Chief Business Officer

Founding Team

Rishi Malhotra

Founder CEO Cafeteria

Founding Team

Clint Balcom

Chief Product Officer

Executive Team

Cafeteria Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Cafeteria investors
InvestorRounds
Imaginary VenturesGrowth Equity, Seed
Collaborative FundGrowth Equity, Seed
Listen VenturesGrowth Equity
Thayer Investment PartnersGrowth Equity
Marquee VenturesGrowth Equity

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  • Jan 11, 2026

    Added Podiumsys, a technology startup, as a customer.

  • Nov 11, 2025

    Added Accobrands, an enterprise consumer goods company, as a customer.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Employee Range96
Year Founded2024
Last FundingJul 28, 2025

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