Managing his family’s pizzerias in Staten Island, Slice CEO and Founder Ilir Sela saw the threat that online food apps and mobile ordering could be for independent pizzerias back in the 2000s. He launched Slice to serve as an all-in-one platform to help local pizzerias compete with the larger pizza brands and food apps by leveraging technology. Fast forward – there are now over 12,000 pizzerias on the platform and Sela just closed a $43M funding led by KKR. Sela discusses the impressive growth of the platform, the absolute best pizza in NYC (he should know), and much more…
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Voro Raises $2.5M to Bring Trusted Reviews and Referrals of Doctors
People would prefer to go to doctors through referrals from individuals they trust but since the rise of popularity of patient booking platforms, using the web to find a doctor has become the new norm. But can you really trust an anonymous five-star review? According to Voro, the answer is explicitly “No.” Voro is the […]
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