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Fast Facts About Drop

Drop is a leading tech firm specializing in kitchen appliance and recipe technology. Through its development of the KitchenOS platform and Drop Recipes app, it's inspiring home cooks to make food more.

When it Started

The company was founded in Dublin, Ireland in 2012 and the first products were launched in November 2014.

Team

Drop employs a diverse and food-loving team of 40+ professionals with experience from companies like Google, Pinterest, Etsy, OpenTable and Cookpad.

Offices

Drop has offices Dublin, Ireland; San Francisco, California; and Zaragoza, Spain.

The Drop Platform

Over 100 different appliances of all types — everything from countertop appliances to double-cavity ovens — work with the Drop Recipes app.

Funding

Drop is backed by top venture capital firms like Alsop Louie Partners, Frontline Ventures, WI Harper Group, Omega Venture Partners and Sinovation ventures among others.

Appliance Partners

Drop has partnered with some of the best appliance manufacturers in the world: Bosch, Electrolux, GE Appliances, Kenwood, LG Electronics and Thermomix.

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Featured Press Coverage

June 9, 2020
Drop raises $13.3 million to make connected kitchens smarter
Venture Beat
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June 9, 2020
Kitchen Software Startup Drop Raises $13.3 Million To Help it Build The ‘Kitchen Operating System’
The Spoon
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June 9, 2020
Smart kitchen company Drop cooks up €11.85m investment
The Irish Times
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June 9, 2020
Dublin startup Drop raises €12m to become ‘Android of kitchen appliances'
The Independent
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December 13, 2019
Instant Pot and Drop Partner for New Guided Cooking Recipe App
The Spoon
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December 13, 2019
Kitchen software provider Drop secures North American deal
Sunday Business Post
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Oct 8, 2019
Thermomix Partners with Drop for Smart Appliance Control and Grocery Ordering
The Spoon
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Sep 6, 2019
Drop and Kenwood Launch the CookEasy+ All-in-One Cooker
The Spoon
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Feb 28, 2019
Drop Wades Into Kitchen Appliance Voice Control with Siri Integration
The Spoon
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Oct 4, 2018
Drop cooks up fresh deal with Electrolux
Irish Independent
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Oct 4, 2018
Electrolux partners with smart kitchen startup Drop
Electrolux Press Release
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Aug 31, 2018
LG to Integrate Drop into its Smart Appliances
The Spoon
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April 6, 2018
Kenwood's kCook is a multicooker that works with a Drop-style scale
Digital Trends
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April 5, 2018
Kenwood Partners With Drop To Create A Smart Multicooker
The Spoon
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January 5, 2018
Drop Kitchen Nabs $8 Million In Funding As Kitchen Tech Investment Heats Up
The Spoon
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News From the Blog

Design

Design Matters: The Importance of Design in the Smart Kitchen

The kitchen: it can be a wind-down oasis where we share a meal with those closest to us, or a space of purposeful chaos, where…
An illustration of a woman cooking in a kitchen with secure connected appliances.
Technology

Security for Connected Appliances — Why It Matters

At Drop, we work with the top brand’s appliances, operating in millions of homes. But even these established companies have to constantly wrestle with what…
Culture

How Drop’s User Testing Lab Helps us Put User Experience First

Why and How we Built a User Testing Lab At Drop, we’re building solutions for the smart kitchen that help home cooks make the most…
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Drop in Numbers

705911

Downloads of the Drop Recipes app (as of October 2019)

141

Countries in the world where the app is used every month

17000000

Number of appliances 'Powered by Drop' within three years (with current appliance partners alone)

A Brief History

We’ve come a long way, but it’s only just the beginning…

January 2012

Drop is founded by Ben Harris, Jonny McCauley, Tim Redfern and Jack Phelan.

May 2013

First prototype of Drop Scale ready

October 2013

Drop joins the Highway1 accelerator.

February 2014

Drop Scale wins Best Consumer Hardware at LAUNCH festival in San Francisco.

June 2014

Pre-orders open for Drop Scale.

October 2014

Raises $2 million in seed funding.

November 2014

Drop Scale on sale in Apple Stores across the US and Canada.

July 2015

Wired calls Drop Scale: "a pretty amazing thing" in a review and gives it an 8/10 rating.

August 2016

Drop partners with Bosch.

January 2017

Drop partners with GE Appliances.

November 2017

Drop launches Drop Recipes for Android.

January 2018

Raises $8 million in funding.

April 2018

Drop partners with Kenwood to create the kCook Multi Smart.

August 2018

LG Appliances integrates Drop into its smart appliances.

October 2018

Drop partners with Electrolux SDA.

February 2019

Drop adds Siri voice control technology to the Drop Recipes app.

October 2019

Drop partners with Thermomix.

December 2019

Drop partners with Instant Brands.

January 2020

Drop partners with Panasonic.

June 2020

Drop raises $13.3 million in Series A funding.

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