Our team

We're a team of builders on a mission to fix food for good.

We care deeply about the problems people face around eating well. We're backed by world-class investors from Toronto, New York, and Silicon Valley. Our talented team of engineers and operators have previously worked at companies such as Amazon, IBM, and Google.

Leadership

Yang Yu

Chief Executive Officer

Yang has been creating products since he was 15 years old with a passion for problems that affect the quality of life for everyday people. Before founding KitchenMate, he was the CPO at Opencare, where he designed products to connect patients with the best healthcare professionals. He is a University of Toronto alum where he studied computer science.

Aditya Bali

Chief Operating Officer

Aditya is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, engineer and foodie. At KitchenMate, he's got his eye on the details. Before KitchenMate, he built robots at Google X, co-founded BufferBox (acquired by Google), is a YC alum and graduated from the University of Waterloo's Mechatronics Engineering program.

Arwid Bancevicius

Chief Technology Officer

Arwid has a passion for creating products that people love. Before KitchenMate, he launched products at Amazon Seattle in Local Commerce and Consumables. As a graduate from University of Toronto's Computer Engineering program, he has also led development at startups across Canada and US, and is a MassChallenge Alum. Outside the office, Arwid enjoys living an active and healthy lifestyle.

Luke Kennedy

Director of Culinary Operations

Luke’s illustrious career has earned him a gold medal at the Gold Medal Plates competition, working alongside Executive Chef Antonin Bonnet at London’s Michelin-starred The Greenhouse restaurant, and being a culinary leader at the Four Seasons, Oliver and Bonacini and Chase Group.

Investors

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