Ex-Uber CEO and founder Travis Kalanick, has raised $400 million for his new startup CloudKitchens. Kalanick raised the monies in January this year, from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Kalanick’s startup is a delivery-only restaurant company and probably has a value of $5 billion. The company already operates kitchens in Los Angeles, Chicago and San […]
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