Food Tech Startup Brings In $9.2 Million

Chicago-based food-tech company Tovala closed $9.2 million in financing, led by Origin Ventures. Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Y Combinator also participated.

Tovala produces smart countertop steam ovens for users of its weekly meal delivery service. Users put their pre-prepped, selected meals in the steam oven, scan the barcode, and the oven gets Tovala chefs’ cooking instructions from the cloud to steam, bake, and broil the food.