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Rafinera Cloud Kitchen Raises $2.7 Million to Expand Nationwide

Rafinera Cloud Kitchen Raises $2.7 Million to Expand Nationwide

By Staff Writer 06 January 2025
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Didem Altinbasak Tulgan, Rafinera Cloud Kitchen CEO

Turkish cloud kitchen startup Rafinera Cloud Kitchen (RCK) has raised $2.7 million in a funding round led by Cookshop Brands Group’s parent company, EFK, and Kazancı Holding. With this latest investment, Rafinera’s total funding has reached $5 million, bringing its valuation close to $20 million.

The funding round, which saw Cookshop become Rafinera’s major shareholder, included participation from 12 existing investors such as Nevzat Aydın, Tuba Yazıcı, and Bülent Aksu.

Rafinera Cloud Kitchen, known for creating and operating delivery-focused restaurant brands, currently manages 30 active brands across eight locations in Istanbul. The company plans to accelerate its growth and expand its network under Cookshop’s strategic leadership, aiming to become Turkey’s largest cloud kitchen chain.

The partnership will also integrate Cookshop classics into RCK’s delivery menu while featuring Rafinera’s healthy offerings in Cookshop’s dine-in menus. Cookshop plans to expand its presence from 65 to 100 locations within three years and scale RCK to 100 cloud kitchens, targeting 25 million customers annually.

Source: Favorit Ulukan / WebRazzi

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The Rafinera Cloud Kitchen owns multiple comfort food brands with amazing tastes which our customers love, operates multiple brand, last-mile satellite restaurants where these are finished once ordered, and delivered very fast, at a very high service level. It makes Rafinera the first daily meal plan service company in Turkey and the second in Europe. We currently own the central kitchen, the satellite restaurants, all the brands they serve, as well as in-house delivery fleets in each one. We have an end to end responsibility on customers’ experience, from taste to delivery at the end of the day.

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