Slice raises $40M to power purchasing and marketing for independent pizzerias

Slice raises $40M to power purchasing and marketing for independent pizzerias

Slice, a startup that assists independent pizzerias build an online service, has raised another $40 million in Series D financing. The round was led by Cross Creek, with involvement from KKR, GGV Capital and Primary Ventures, along with Twitter’s former CEO Dick Costolo and previous COO Adam Bain (through their firm 01 Advisors). Last […] “Slice has emerged as the leader in powering these types of little services that have actually been serving our neighborhoods for decades,” Bain stated in a declaration. Slice has actually developed a mobile app and site for buying from local pizzerias, but it likewise supplies tools so they can construct their own sites, run marketing projects, enhance their search engine optimization and more., as well as a cross-pizzeria loyalty program called Slice Benefits. Slice already has 15,000 pizzerias on the platform, with plans to increase that number to 20,000 at the end of the year.

Slice is releasing a point-of-sale system for pizzerias

Slice is releasing a point-of-sale system for pizzerias

Slice, the online ordering platform for independent pizzerias, announced two brand-new offerings today– a point-of-sale system created specifically for those companies, as well as a benefits program for restaurants. The launch of the brand-new Slice Register constructs on in 2015’s acquisition of point-of-sale company Instore, and the visit of its CEO Matt Niehaus […] Slice founder and CEO Ilir Sela included that many of them were created for offline ordering initially, with online assistance included later. Slice Register is offered to pizzerias at no initial charge for the hardware or software application. As for the brand-new Slice Rewards program, diners who purchase pizzas through Slice will get a complimentary big cheese pizza for every 8 orders of $15 or more.