We Are Smart, Strategic Investors
We Love Investing in Early Stage Brands!
We invested early in Sweetgreen, CAVA, QDOBA, and Chloe. We are always looking for emerging, early stage brands to invest in.
Welcome to Franinvest
Young, early stage brands who have the right combination of unique branding, strong positioning and exceptional food get distracted when they are cash strapped, and operations inevitably suffers. We can only imagine how much faster our brands could have grown if they had easier access to growth capital in the very early days. We are here to bridge that gap.
We invested early in brands like Qdoba
Funding Requirements for Franinvest:
- Exceptional unit economics – at least 40% four-wall ROI
- Brand has the potential to lead in its segment or sub-segment
- Brand can grow to a few hundred locations for a meaningful liquidity event
- Brand has a unique soul and DNA and is not a copycat concept
- Coachable, visionary leadership using scorecard-driven, objective measurements
- Management has a plan for the use and ROI of the capital
- If already franchising must have happy, referencable and expanding franchisees
- Fully completed Brand Analysis Form
- P&L, cash flow, and balance sheets for most recent year two years for any location ever opened as well as G&A, cap tables, and must disclose any actual or potential liabiities
- Detailed plan for use of capital including repayment of capital and returns
Apply for Consideration
Equity funding will range from $50K up to $1M. For investments more than $1M, please contact the Kitchen Fund for consideration. For all others, please fill out the form to contact our team and learn more about how we can work together. Our team will follow up with you in your preferred method of communication within 2 business days.