Tovala Stock
Tovala is a food-tech company that offers a meal service paired with a countertop smart oven.
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Tovala combines a smart oven with a fresh meal delivery service to makes dinner effortless. Tovala is a smart oven that sits on the countertop and is paired with a companion meal delivery service. The company's meal system combines an internet-connected countertop steam oven capable of multi-step cooking with meals prepared by gourmet chefs, making dinner preparation as simple as scanning a barcode, enabling busy people to get access to an effortless way to eat delicious, healthy, home-cooked meals. The Chicago-based company was founded in 2015 and was launched in 2017.
Funding History
| January 2016 | $500K |
|---|---|
| March 2016 | $256K |
| October 2016 | $1.6M |
| December 2017 | $9.2M |
| May 2019 | $7.1M |
| June 2020 | $20.0M |
| February 2021 | $30.0M |
Management
Chief Financial Officer
Taryn Aronson
Founder & CEO
David Rabie
Chief Growth Officer
Jillian Balis
Chief Operations Officer
Keeley Kabala
Chief People Officer
Natalie Coleman
Chief Product Officer
Brian Brower
Investor
Christopher Hill
Board Member
Jason Fiedler
Board Observer
William Blake III
Board Member
Spencer Maughan
Board Member
Harley Miller
Board of Directors
Jason Heltzer
Investor
Nick Moran
Board Observer
Jay Steinfeld
Investor & Board Member
Arjun Kapur
Investor
Karl Kerksiek
Chief Operations Officer
Keeley Kabala
SVP of Technology Research and Development
Peter Filfis
Board of Directors
Scott Stern
Press
bizjournals - Feb, 17 2023
Chicago smart oven maker Tovala adds air fryers to product linechicagobusiness - Feb, 17 2023
Tovala goes after the air fryer marketbusinesswire - Feb, 4 2021
Tovala Raises $30M Series C to Fuel Growth of Industry-changing Food Technology Brandnews - Feb, 4 2021
The Briefing: 23andMe Going Public Via SPAC, Klobuchar Proposes Sweeping Changes To Antitrust Enforcement, BigChange Lands $102M, And Morebuiltinchicago - May, 17 2019
Tovala partners with Beyond Meat on new vegetarian dishesbuiltinchicago - Feb, 22 2019
Tech roundup: Google’s hiring plans, Tovala and Trader Joe’s plan to save your dinner, and moredigitaltrends - Feb, 19 2019
KBIS 2019: LG adds Tovala’s meal platform to its array of smart oven add-onscnet - Feb, 15 2019
Scan your frozen meals with Tovala's latest featurexconomy - May, 30 2018
Smart-Kitchen Startups Give Cooks Digital Help Via Internet of Thingstechli - Apr, 18 2018
Tovala oven brings ready-made meals to the 21st centurypymnts - Feb, 14 2018
Tovala Heats Up Meal Kit Subscriptions With Steam Ovenwebwire - Feb, 8 2018
Tyson Foods Makes Investment in Chicago-Based Food Startup Tovalapymnts - Feb, 8 2018
Tovala’s Ovens And Meal Kits Get Investment From Tyson FoodsTechCrunch - Feb, 7 2018
Tyson Foods invests in Tovala’s new oven and meal kit businessarkansasonline - Feb, 7 2018
Tyson invests in smart cooker; startup produces oven, its meal kitschicagobusiness - Jan, 15 2018
The Innovators A smart oven even a dummy could masterfinsmes - Dec, 28 2017
Tovala Raises $9.2M in Series A Fundingpsfk - Dec, 20 2017
Connected Oven Includes A Bundled Food Subscription Servicefastcompany - Dec, 19 2017
Smart oven startup Tovala just got a cash infusion of $9.2 millionbuiltinchicago - Dec, 19 2017
Tovala just served up a $9.2M Series ATechCrunch - Jul, 11 2017
You can buy Tovala’s $399 smart oven starting todayTechCrunch - Mar, 9 2016
Meet Tovala, a smart oven that aims to perfectly cook ready-made meals in under 30 minutesbuiltinchicago - Jan, 20 2016
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