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Smart Lunches Raises $1.6M In Funding

By TechTaffy Desk

Smart Lunches has secured over $1.6 million in funding. Existing investors, including Boston-based Data Point Capital, Jonathan Kraft, president of the Kraft Group, and Lon Chow, General Partner of Apex Venture Partners in Chicago, participated in the  funding. New institutional investors Western Technology Investment and Romulus Capital, also participated in the round. They were joined by angel investors, including Bill Blass, chairman of Black Wolf Group, and Jennifer Lum, co-founder of Adelphic Mobile.

Smart Lunches is Boston-based online food ordering and meal service that delivers prepared lunches to school children in the area.

[Image courtesy: Smart Lunches]

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