Cucumbertown

Cucumbertown
Type of businessDefunct
Type of site
Food Blogging Platform
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California;
Bangalore, India.
No. of locations2
Founder(s)Cherian Thomas,
Chris Luscher,
Arun Prabhakar,
Dan Hauk
CEOCherian Thomas
IndustryInternet, Web Application
URLcucumbertown.com
LaunchedOctober 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)

Cucumbertown was a food blogging platform.[1][2][3][4] Based out of Palo Alto, California,[5] it was founded by Cherian Thomas,[6] Chris Luscher, Arun Prabhakar[7] and Dan Hauk.[8] It was acquired by Japanese recipe network Cookpad in June 2015.[9]

The platform shut down in 2016.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Vccookpad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ B Pradeep Nair (Oct 29, 2013). "Recipe to bring cooks and foodies together". The Times of India. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BMBlogger was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Sainul K Abudheen (Nov 23, 2012). "Top angels-backed online recipe sharing platform Cucumbertown out of invitation-only mode". techcircle.vccircle.com.
  5. ^ "Online Recipe Sharing Startup Cucumbertown acquired by Tokyo Based Cookpad". IndianBizParty.
  6. ^ Shruti Challa (Oct 19, 2013). "The Key To Entrepreneurial Success In South Asia". Techcrunch.
  7. ^ Anasuya Menon (Nov 15, 2012). "Food makes the world go round". The Hindu.
  8. ^ Rip Empson (Oct 17, 2012). "Cucumbertown Nabs $300K From FarmVille Co-Creator, AngelList's Naval Ravikant To Build A Dribbble For Chefs & Recipes". Techcrunch.
  9. ^ Pranbihanga Borpuzari. "Japan's Cookpad acquires Cucumbertown in multi-million dollar deal". The Economic Times.
  10. ^ "It's curtains for Cucumbertown, leaving food bloggers in tears". FactorDaily. 20 October 2016.

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