![]() Cookpad had a string of acquisition last year when it gobbled up the English language app Allthecooks, the Mis Recetas site in Spanish, Dapur Masak in Malay and the $13.5 million it paid for Lebanon's NetSila. The terms of the deal are not known but this is among the larger acquisitions that Cookpad has made. Sources add that this acquisition will enable Cucumbertown to scale to international markets and monetize their business. The acquisition means Cookpad finds an opening in the lucrative Indian market where startups in the food domain are considered a hot property. The responsibility entrusted to each new hire would be large, Cookpad said, given that strengthwise, it is still relatively small company with a staff count below 400.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.Cucumbertown burst into limelight when its first round of funding included angel investors like Naval Ravikant of AngelList, Paul Singh of Disruption Corporation, FarmVille co-creator Sizhao Yang, founder of MightyText Maneesh Arora, early Google product guy Richard Chen and Sonique Player co-creator Tabreez Varjee.Ĭucumbertown has two offices in the Bay Area and Bangalore and sources say it will remain an independent subsidiary under Cookpad. We are looking for as many talented students as possible," said the spokesperson. We haven't decided on the number of students we will hire from IIT. "We are accelerating development of global recipe service platforms and actively hiring talented people. ![]() Cucumbertown launched in October 2012 has seen investment from Helion and Ludlow Ventures. The company confirmed it is now preparing to provide recipe services in India as well. NEW DELHI: Cookpad, a 2-billion market cap Tokyo-based recipe network has acquired Bangalore-based startup Cucumbertown in what is being touted as a million-dollar deal. Last year, Cookpad acquired Cucumbertown, a Bengaluru-based social network for cooks and chefs, for an opening into the lucrative Indian market. ![]() Recruited students will be placed in Japan, UK and possibly even in India, as the company gears up to open its office here. A Cookpad spokesperson said it is looking for talent in the areas of web development, Android, iOS, machine learning and data science. ![]()
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