LocalStove LLC

LocalStove connects local, independent cooks with businesses and organizations to bring high quality, affordable food for work lunches and company events.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Philadelphia, PA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded April 2016
  • Employees 3
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website localstove.com

Company Summary

LocalStove is a curated marketplace that connects corporate catering customers with the best independent local cooks for office lunches, meetings, and events. We provide a discovery platform for companies to choose the right food based on budget, group size, and menu preferences. We offer local cooks a web presence, marketing, payment processing, and logistics support. Our process is simple, and our food is authentic, unique, and memorable.

Team

  • Cofounder + Technology, Operations

    Wharton Undergrad, Penn Engineering Computer Science Masters, Wharton MBA. 4 years at Bloomberg LP as a full stack software engineer developing in-house CRM and other employee facing functions. Cofounder and VP Marketing/Operations @ RentMine.com, started as an undergrad junior. Summer Technology Analyst at Citi in Transaction Services group. Avid home cook. Focused on building out the LocalStove platform from scratch, as well as operations.

  • Cofounder + Marketing/Communications, Operations, Finance

    MBA in Entrepreneurship and Operations Management from Wharton and BA in Political Communication from George Washington U. 10 years in consulting high-profile government clients, focused on marketing and communication strategy development, campaign implementation, data analysis, project/team management, operations, and product development. Cofounder of DC Corporate Rentals, a short-term apartment rental company.

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