Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Restaurants companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Restaurants Companies & Startups (London)
Collectiv Food
| Founders | Jeremy Hibbert-Garibaldi |
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Collectiv Food is an automated and sustainable food supply chain that provides businesses with transparency and lower costs of ingredients
Slerp
| Founders | JP Then |
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Slerp is an e-commerce platform for the hospitality industry.
Honest Burgers
| Founders | Dorian Waite |
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A burger restaurant inspired by great British produce
Yumpingo
| Founders | Andy Walker, Gary Goodman, George Wetz |
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Yumpingo is an internet company that specializes in customer engagement and analytics platforms designed for the Hospitality Industry.
Tenzo
| Founders | Adam Taylor, Christian Mouysset |
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Tenzo is a management platform that gives hospitality and retail businesses actionable insights from their real time data.
Pasta Evangelists
| Founders | Alessandro Savelli, Chris Rennoldson, Finn Lagun, James McArthur |
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Pasta Evangelists is freshly made by Italian hands every day.
Cake Technologies
| Founders | Charlotte Dales, Michelle Songy |
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CAKE is revolutionizing the way restaurants and bars engage with their customers.
Grind
| Founders | David Abrahamovitch, Kaz James |
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Founded in Shoreditch in 2011, Grind & Co. has since opened espresso bars, cocktail bars, restaurants and recording studios across London.
Vita Mojo
| Founders | B. Nick Popovici, Stefan Catoiu |
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Vita Mojo’s menu allows anyone to eat for anyones’ individualized needs.
City Pantry
| Founders | Stuart Sunderland |
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City Pantry is an online marketplace where users can discover interesting food for next event.
HungryPanda
| Founders | Kelu Liu |
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HungryPanda is a Chinese food and grocery delivery company with extensive market coverage.
Embargo
| Founders | Fryderyk Szydlowski, Nikolaus von Solodkoff, Tsewang Wangkang |
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Beacon powered loyalty app and SaaS/CRM system for hospitality businesses and customers
pepperhq
| Founders | Charles Hall, Matthew Scott, Simon Kelton, Stuart Hall |
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The Pepper platform supports white label apps for mobile payment, discovery, digital loyalty, social media marketing, and actionable data.
Flypay
| Founders | Chris Evans, Tom Weaver |
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Flypay is an app platform to transform the restaurant experience.
iRiS Software
| Founders | Jason jefferys |
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iRiS is a global leading enterprise applications platform provider creating innovative mobile & web solutions for the hospitality industry.
VizEat
| Founders | Camille Rumani, Jean Michel Petit |
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VizEat is a European startup that operates a “social dining platform.
Generator Hostel
| Founders | Kingsley Duffy, Louise Duffy |
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Generator Hostel provides owns and operates hostels that provide accommodations (shared to private) for travelers.
Tasty
| Founders | Adam Kaye, Jonny Plant, Samuel Kaye |
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Tasty is a restaurant and its subsidiary trading company.
Propercorn
| Founders | Cassandra Stavrou, Paul Fisher, Ryan Kohn |
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“Done Properly” extends far beyond our popcorn
The Vurger Co.
| Founders | Neil Potts, Rachel Hugh |
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The Vurger Co. is one of the UK’s fastest-growing vegan food brands.
Minor Figures
| Founders | Jonathan Chiu, Stuart Forsyth, Will Rixon |
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Minor Figures is a cold brew coffee that aims to make cold brew more accessible whilst upholding the quality and values.
Supper
| Founders | Peter Georgiou |
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Delivering London exceptional food.
ORDR
| Founders | Carlos Butler Almécija, Francesco Boffa |
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Online in-restaurant food ordering, queueing and reservation, and takeaway ordering software.
Taster
| Founders | Anton Soulier |
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Taster is a food delivery company that operates dozens of restaurants that only exist on food delivery platforms.
Neat Burger
| Founders | Unknown |
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Neat Burger is a planet-friendly plant-based full-flavoured game-changer that the world has been waiting for.
Cheerfy
| Founders | Adrian Maseda, Carlos Gomez Vendrell |
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The new way restaurants sell post-COVID
YO! Sushi
| Founders | Simon Woodroffe |
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YO! Sushi operates a chain of sushi restaurants in the United Kingdom,
Preoday
| Founders | Andrew White |
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B2B pre-ordering platform for integrated e-commerce solutions for businesses serving food and beverages
Pots & Co
| Founders | Julian Dyer |
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Pots & Co has a divine range of individual desserts, developed by Michelin-trained chefs for restaurant quality at home.
London Food Production
| Founders | Humberto Ayres Pereira, Pedro Teixeira, Rahul Parekh, Torben Schulz |
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London Food Production is a food delivery business offering healthy, high-quality lunches.
DesignMyNight
| Founders | Andrew Webster, Nick Telson |
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DesignMyNight.com is a nightlife discovery website.
Ready Burger
| Founders | Max Miller |
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Ready Burger is a plant-based restaurant that brings you classic flavours at everyday prices.
Flat Iron
| Founders | Charlie Carroll |
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A UK-based steak restaurant group .
Incipio Group
| Founders | Charlie Gardiner, Edward Devenport |
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Incipio Group is a restaurant and bar chain intended to offer exciting social venues concentrated around food and drink.
East London Liquor Company
| Founders | Alex Wolpert |
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East London Liquor Company is a distillery producing and importing a range of quality spirits including gin, vodka, rum and whisky.
Rhubarb
| Founders | Lucy Gemmell |
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Rhubarb is a food company that creates and delivers culinary services.
AndCo Works
| Founders | Sanj Mahal |
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AndCo Works is a new workspace subscription service .
M Restaurants
| Founders | Martin Williams |
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M Threadneedle Street; our award winning, multifaceted venue, houses two restaurants: Grill & Raw.
Bookatable
| Founders | Christopher Persson, Niklas Eklund |
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TheFork (formerly Bookatable) is the leading app for locating and booking restaurants while enjoying exclusive and exclusive offers.
Harts Group
| Founders | James Hart |
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Parent company of critically acclaimed Barrafina and Quo Vadis restaurants.
Feastr
| Founders | Alex Metcalf, Nitin Singhal, Tom Ducker |
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Feastr is a family of cloud kitchens, delivering restaurant quality food straight to your door.
Real Good Food
| Founders | Peter Totte |
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Real Good Food is a Cake Decoration, Food Ingredients and Premium Bakery.
Chilango
| Founders | Dan Houghton, Eric Partaker |
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Chilango is an online mexican food ordering platform.
Pho
| Founders | Juliette Wall |
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Pho is a UK-based independent restaurant group that specializes in Vietnamese street food.
Uncover
| Founders | Christopher Steinau, Dan Ziv, David Saenz |
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Discover & book London’s most desirable restaurants. Tonight.
CityMunch
| Founders | Robert Lynch |
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CityMunch brings together restaurants and consumers, tackling under-utilised capacity at off-peak times and reducing the cost of eating-out.
Zotto
| Founders | Farry Qazi |
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Zotto is the leading provider for enterprise applications for the hospitality industries, we provide integrated cloud based system.
Daisy Green Collection
| Founders | Prue Freeman, Thomas Onions |
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The Daisy Green Collection brings relaxed and buzzing Australian food and coffee culture to London.
The Flavor Factory
| Founders | Rahul Ithape |
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The Flavor Factory is a dark kitchen enabler tech company offering a restaurant-as-a-service platform.
WeOrder
| Founders | Federico Andrioli, Tobia Loschiavo |
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WeOrder is a mobile ordering platform for bars, pubs, cafes, diners, and restaurants.
AAA Linen Services
| Founders | Unknown |
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AAA Linen Services offer a premier division linen hire and laundry service to London’s top restaurants and hotels.
Wrap It Up
| Founders | Faisal Haque |
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Established in 2006 and operating in the growing healthy fast food market.
Abokado
| Founders | Mark Lilley |
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Abokado owns and operates a chain of food bars and restaurants in the United Kingdom.
Nibble
| Founders | Mark Brownson, Ciara McKibbin, Tim Seeger |
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Nibble is your social genie that grants your three real world social wishes in one simple app:
- Meet great people
- Discover new places
- Seamless organisation
Tonkotsu
| Founders | Emma Reynolds |
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Tonkotsu is a UK-based operator of ramen restaurants.
FOODit
| Founders | Rif Kiamil |
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FOODit is a software developer of restaurant and takeaway EPOS, websites and online ordering or table booking to existing websites.
Magictab
| Founders | Dave Thompson |
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MagicTab is a visual, interactive tabletop menu that makes food look beautiful.
London Union
| Founders | Henry Dimbleby, Jonathan Downey |
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London Union turns underused and derelict corners of the city into vibrant street food markets
Grub Club
| Founders | Olivia Sibony, Siddarth Vijayakumar |
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Top Table for Pop Up Restaurants. Dining Out just got Fun!
Peyton and Byrne
| Founders | Siobhan Peyton |
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Peyton and Byrne restaurant group is a retail bakery and events business.
Camino
| Founders | Nigel Foster |
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Whether you’re looking to throw an office party, or just an intimate dinner get-together, we have the perfect space for your event.
FEAST Hq
| Founders | Simon Pusey |
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FEAST is a late night delivery service.
Chop’d
| Founders | Eddie Holmes |
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Chop’d is operates stores that serve salads, soups, and stews in London
SATIS.AI
| Founders | Mohammad Khodadadi |
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Food that makes sense | Delicious, Nutritious and affordable, while green and fair
orderswift
| Founders | Matt Gilbert, Rich Martell |
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orderswift is a desktop and mobile application that enables restaurants to manage their online orders.
Inigo
| Founders | Unknown |
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Inigo is a company which specializes in sushi handrolls.
SOM SAA
| Founders | Andrew Oliver |
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Som Saa is a Thai restaurant soon to open in London.
Bar Pass
| Founders | Benjamin Floyd, Bertie Guard, Michael Slane |
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Bar Pass is a mobile ordering platform that enables individuals to get digital loyalty and purchase drinks at venues, brands, and brewers.
hungryhouse
| Founders | Shane Lake, Tony Charles |
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hungryhouse is a U.K.-based online platform for takeaway and food delivery that provides a wide range of cuisines and dishes.
CityHawk
| Founders | Aaron Ross, Laurence Carver |
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CityHawk is London’s ultimate dining app. Working exclusively with great restaurants CityHawk allows diners to find book same day tables.
Night Jar
| Founders | Edmund Weil, Rosie Stimpson |
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Night Jar provides speakeasy-style subterranean bar with live jazz and blues, for cocktails and rare spirits.
The flygerians
| Founders | Unknown |
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The flygerians brings Nigerian sweet food to London.
Redemption Bar
| Founders | Andrea Waters, Catherine Salway |
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Redemption is a London’s healthiest hospitality brands .
The Good Egg
| Founders | Joel Braham |
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Good Egg Restaurants operates as a restaurant chain that serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner.
DeliveryCube
| Founders | Krupa Patel, Mitesh Patel |
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Delivery Cube is a technology consulting firm that specialises in developing solutions for large multichannel retailers and e-commerce.
Dyne
| Founders | Akshay Petta, Izaan Khan, Moulik Nagesh |
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Dyne is building a digital hospitality platform to redefine the outdated experience at restaurants, bars, and cafés around the world
TDQ Steaks
| Founders | K Gill Qaiser |
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Our concept is to deliver you’re the world best steaks to you on your plate as we specialize in steaks from New Zealand, Japan, Canada, Australia and Scotland. We do not dry age to ensure that the omega 3 and other vitamins and minerals from our meat reach our guest. All our meat are grass fed up to 180 days before slaughter when they are grain feed. All beef are hormone and antibiotic free to ensure the a good and high in minerals and vitamins product is produced for our guest.
Drums & Flats
| Founders | Unknown |
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Drums & Flats serves chicken wings using homemade sauces and variety of chicken dishes including plant based in London.
Ben’s Canteen
| Founders | Ben Walton |
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Founded in 2011, Ben’s Canteen has two venues in West London with a focus on Burgers, Wine and Brunch.
Social Belly
| Founders | Dimple Lalwani |
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A social marketplace that lets you list and discover London’s top supper clubs and dinner parties.
Harris Rotherham and Co
| Founders | Unknown |
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Marksman is a public house and dining room in the east end of London.
Chartyn
| Founders | Daudi Chilongo, Tufool Alnuaimi |
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SaaS startup designed to deliver simple, actionable analytics for SMBs
Atlantic Kitchen
| Founders | Dawn Hourigan, Ruth Dronfield |
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Atlantic Kitchen was set up in 2012.
EET
| Founders | Ali Meruani, Jeremy Mims, Matt Kuppers |
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EET enables users to review, rate, and share pictures and restaurant discoveries with their friends on Facebook and Twitter.
Bonnie Gull
| Founders | Alex Hunter, Danny Clancy |
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Bonnie Gull specializes in the finest responsibly sourced seafood.
Benito’s Hat
| Founders | Benjamin Fordham, Ed David, Felipe Fuentes Cruz |
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Benito’s Hat is the mexican food chain.
Jam Delish
| Founders | Unknown |
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Jam Delish delivers vegan Caribbean food via Just Eats, Uber Eats, or Deliveroo.
Monty’s Deli
| Founders | Mark Ogus |
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Monty’s Deli is a restaurant on Hoxton street.
Wagamama
| Founders | Alan Yau |
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Wagamama is a British-headquartered restaurant chain, serving pan-Asian food in the style of a modern Japanese ramen bar.
StoreKit
| Founders | Angus Jackson, Benedict Larcey, Christophe Delacroix |
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StoreKit is a mobile app that offers online food order services.
The Breakhouse Café
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Breakhouse Café offers locally produced food and follows ethical and sustainable practices.
Zucla
| Founders | Dev Shah |
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Zucla is a new and exciting lunch venue.
ATPI Limited
| Founders | Unknown |
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ATPI Limited is one of the world’s and long established global travel management and events businesses.
St. Vibes
| Founders | Daniel Willis, Isaac McHale, Johnny Smith |
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St. Vibes owns and operates restaurants and bars in London, United Kingdom.
Buzzer Feedback
| Founders | Dom O’Neill, Felix Hamer |
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Buzzer is a customer feedback company which provides restaurant management with a high volume of private, specific and verified feedback
The Guava Kitchen
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Guava Kitchen serves plant based breakfast, main courses, sweet treats, fresh juices, teas, and coffees.
Tart
| Founders | Unknown |
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Tart is a restaurant in London.
SSP Group Plc
| Founders | Unknown |
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SSP Group Plc operates branded food and beverage travel outlets.
The Italian Job
| Founders | Giovanni Campari, Giuseppe Ugolotti Verdoni |
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The uk’s first italian craft beer pub.
TIP Hospitality
| Founders | Francesco Parretta, Martijn Mulder, Monika Mulder |
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TIP Hospitality (with TIP App) is an organisation and platform that is here to strengthen the
Hospitality Industry. Drink, dine and socialise with TIP, an innovative lifestyle app specifically
designed for hospitality, travel & entertainment professionals.
Founded by an industry-experienced team, TIP is set to become the must-have app for all those working in these industries.
TIP app generates incremental revenue for venues with periods of low demand by offering exclusive benefits and discounts of up to 50 % to its members-only community of hospitality, travel & entertainment professionals.
The Rushmore Group
| Founders | Bob Larsen |
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The Rushmore Group is a U.K.-based company that owns and manages a chain of private members clubs, hotels, and restaurants.
