Industry |
Online food ordering POS Management |
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Founded | 2016 |
Founders |
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Defunct | January 22, 2024 |
Fate | Acquired by Fantuan |
Headquarters | , United States |
Website |
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Chowbus was an online food ordering, payment and delivery platform based in Chicago that was founded in 2016 by Suyu Zhang and Linxin Wen. The company links Asian restaurants to its customers in North America and Australia. [1] At the time of its Series A round it served 20 cities with some menus in Mandarin and Cantonese. [2] The cuisines include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Indian. [3]
On January 22, 2024, Chowbus abruptly transferred all food ordering and delivery services to Fantuan Delivery without providing any advance notice to users. Additionally, points accumulated in old accounts cannot be redeemed on the new platform, which has raised concerns among many customers. The home page of their website was redirected to a subpage detailing their remaining business of POS machines, leaving previous food delivery users unable to obtain help or clarifications from the website. On January 25, 2024 it was announced that Fantuan, an Asian-food delivery service based out of Vancouver, acquired Chowbus. [4] [5]
The company raised a $33 million Series A round in July 2020. [6] [2] In October 2020, it announced an additional $30 million investment by existing investors. [1]