# Steven Kamali

> Steven Kamali is a seed investor at The Chef Agency (New York) backing SaaS and Software. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Chef Agency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-chef-agency)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenkamali/
- Website: https://x.com/stevenkamali

Steven Kamali is a seed investor at The Chef Agency in New York focused on SaaS and Software. A serial investor and entrepreneur with a passion for hospitality, restaurants and technology. He attended Indiana University Bloomington.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$4.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $250k–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 21% |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| Hospitality | 3 | 21% |
| Restaurants | 3 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 14% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 64% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ovation | Ovation develops an actionable guest feedback platform to increase revenue for multi-unit restaurants. The platform of the company tracks and identifies the enterprise's loyal customers and assists them in leaving positive online reviews, as well as providing customer feedback and increasing social media following, allowing businesses tomonitor and measure their web presence and engage more customers by improving their online marketing strategies. | $2M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Tablz | Tablz is redefining the future of dining, by enabling diners to select and upgrade to the table of their choosing. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Tablz | Tablz is redefining the future of dining, by enabling diners to select and upgrade to the table of their choosing. |  |  | Apr 22, 2022 |  |
| Blanket | A work management platform designed and built for the multi unit restaurant operator | $2.4M | Seed | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| Meez Culinary Solutions | Meez Culinary Solutions is a SaaS company that transforms recipe content including videos and pictures into an interactive database. Meez Culinary Solutions helps its users to ideate, organize and search, collaborate, share, and execute their ideas. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 10, 2021 |  |
| GoTab | GoTab is a Restaurant Commerce Platform (RCP) helping large- and mid-sized restaurants, breweries, bars, hotels, and other venues run lean, profitable operations. | $200K | Convertible Note | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Blanket | A work management platform designed and built for the multi unit restaurant operator |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Bbot | Bbot is a restaurant and hospitality tech startup dedicated to simplifying and improving the ordering and payments process. Bbot offers a configurable solution for restaurants, bars, hotels, cinemas, and other hospitality organizations to create digital menus and provide guest-controlled, contactless ordering, and payment.It was founded in 2017by Greg Jaworski, Luke Allen, and Steven Simoni and is based in Astoria, New York. |  | Series A | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Bbot | Bbot is a restaurant and hospitality tech startup dedicated to simplifying and improving the ordering and payments process. Bbot offers a configurable solution for restaurants, bars, hotels, cinemas, and other hospitality organizations to create digital menus and provide guest-controlled, contactless ordering, and payment.It was founded in 2017by Greg Jaworski, Luke Allen, and Steven Simoni and is based in Astoria, New York. | $15M | Series A | Jul 22, 2021 |  |
| Kitchclub | Now more than ever food drives employee experience and company culture. Kitchclub was created to provide a convenient and streamlined way to feed your team. Powered by our tech enabled platform, we offer our clients a variety of menu choices from any of our family of brands, delivered together in one seamless order. Kitchclub’s customizableapproach to catering and group orders simplifies the logistics of bringing your team together for a meal. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Branded Hospitality](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/branded-strategic-advisors) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Struck Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/struck-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Another Round VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/another-round-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [APA Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apa-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aurify Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurify-brands) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Chef Agency

VC Fund



1 contacts available at The Chef Agency.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steven Kamali | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-kamali-a9aa |

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## FAQ

### What does Steven Kamali invest in?

Steven Kamali invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Hospitality startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Steven Kamali's check size?

Steven Kamali typically joins rounds of $2M–$4.5M at Seed and $250k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Steven Kamali participates in.

### When did Steven Kamali last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steven Kamali closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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