Virtual Founders Breakfast #8: Scaling Tips From World’s Leading Cloud Kitchen Platform ft. Saman Darkan CTO Kitopi

Virtual Founders Breakfast #8

Scaling Tips From World’s Leading Cloud Kitchen Platform with Saman Darkan Co-Founder & CTO Kitopi

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 at 8:00am via Zoom

Why Attend?

Virtual Founders Breakfast is a monthly recurring early morning event organized by the Foundation Supporting #OMGKRK bringing together startup founders, industry experts, investors along enterprises to generate growth, exchange best practices and facilitate matchmaking.

Each breakfast features an expert speaker engaging in conversation with founders exchanging their knowledge and experience on a selected topic. The event provides opportunities to facilitate valuable new connections and one-on-one access to decision-makers.

Virtual Founders Breakfast #8 features Kitopi, the world’s leading state-of-the-art, managed cloud kitchen platform enabling restaurants to open delivery-only locations by providing the necessary infrastructure and software with minimal capital expenditures and time as well as taking care of the entire customer experience journey: receiving and processing orders, cooking, delivery operations and managing customer feedback. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates the Kitopi team raised a 60 million USD Series B round of financing in 2020 for international expansion. Kitopi has opened its first tech hub outside the Middle East in Krakow, Poland with the goal of onboarding over 40 engineers. Despite its significant growth, Kitopi still operates with the spirit of a startup.

Who Can Attend?

Startup and scaleup founders
C-level individuals from innovative organizations
Leaders from ecosystem stakeholders

Recorded Presentation

Featured Speaker

Saman Darkan

Saman Darkan is a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Kitopi, the world’s leading state-of-the-art managed cloud kitchen. Founded in January 2018, Kitopi is on a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite by partnering with restaurants, to help them scale across borders in just 14 days. Kitopi operates across the GCC, powering more than 120 brands, across 50 kitchens, thanks to 1000+ Kitopians (colleagues). As a CTO, Saman leads all things tech at Kitopi. Prior to founding Kitopi, Saman worked at ARC International, where he was the Digital Transformation Director. With his entrepreneurial spirit, he also worked on different startups such as My Metro Talk, Central Tickets, and Little Bedoo. When he’s not busy innovating and creating new tech, he enjoys playing chess, table tennis and boating.

Virtual Founders Breakfast Agenda

7:45 Soft Open

8:00 Welcoming by the Foundation Supporting #OMGKRK

8:10 Opening statement by Saman Darkan CTO Kitopi

What is Kitopi’s product and business model?
What were key breakthroughs or game-changers for Kitopi growth?
Why did you select Krakow as an R&D location? How are operations going?
What support do international companies need in Krakow?
What is Kitopi’s long-term vision?

8:25 Matchmaking Breakout Rooms

8:30 Moderated Panel Discussion With Speaker & Founders

8:50 Wrap Up & Call To Action

9:00 Open Breakout Rooms

About Kitopi

Kitopi is the world’s leading managed cloud kitchen platform. Founded in January 2018, they are on a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite by delivering exceptional food on your terms. Kitopi does this by partnering with F&B brands and restaurants all around the world and helping them expand beyond borders, in as little as 14 days. Once a F&B brand decides to work with us, Kitopi takes care of all the operations – from the sourcing of ingredients and cooking with care to packaging and safe delivery. They also look after the entire customer experience, making sure customers are always happy. Kitopi does this with their smart kitchen operating system (SKOS) – technology that they have built in-house, to ensure speed and efficiency, in all their operations, across the business. Kitopi currently partners with over 200 brands, across 5 countries, operating 60+ kitchens.

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