Traveling Spoon, An Airbnb For Home-Cooked Dinners Globally, Launches With $870K In Funding

"Aashi Vel and Steph Lawrence, who met at UC Berkeley’s school of business, are building a platform that makes it easier to surface these home-cooked experiences across the world with their new company Traveling Spoon. They’ve raised $870,000 from investors including the former CEO of Expedia Erik Blachford, George Butterfield, First Round Capital’s Dorm Room Fund, the Chennai Angels and Emily and Anjan Mitra, who own the DOSA restaurants in San Francisco. Bay Area food icon Alice Waters is also an advisor." Read more