Global InformationCucumbertown information
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| Type of business | Defunct |
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Type of site | Food Blogging Platform |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California; Bangalore, India. |
| No. of locations | 2 |
| Founder(s) | Cherian Thomas, Chris Luscher, Arun Prabhakar, Dan Hauk |
| CEO | Cherian Thomas |
| Industry | Internet, Web Application |
| URL | cucumbertown |
| Launched | October 17, 2012 |
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]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Vccookpadwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BMBloggerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sainul K Abudheen (Nov 23, 2012). "Top angels-backed online recipe sharing platform Cucumbertown out of invitation-only mode". techcircle.vccircle.com.
- ^ "Online Recipe Sharing Startup Cucumbertown acquired by Tokyo Based Cookpad". IndianBizParty.
- ^ Shruti Challa (Oct 19, 2013). "The Key To Entrepreneurial Success In South Asia". Techcrunch.
- ^ Anasuya Menon (Nov 15, 2012). "Food makes the world go round". The Hindu.
- ^ Rip Empson (Oct 17, 2012). "Cucumbertown Nabs $300K From FarmVille Co-Creator, AngelList's Naval Ravikant To Build A Dribbble For Chefs & Recipes". Techcrunch.
- ^ Pranbihanga Borpuzari. "Japan's Cookpad acquires Cucumbertown in multi-million dollar deal". The Economic Times.
- ^ "It's curtains for Cucumbertown, leaving food bloggers in tears". FactorDaily. 20 October 2016.