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Flipdish

Online ordering system for restaurants

101-200 employees
  • Hospitality
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • Payments
  • Analytics
  • SaaS
Corrig Road, Sandyford, 1st Floor, Dublin, Leinster D18, IE

Company mission

Flipdish aims to put cafés, restaurants, and take-aways in full control of their business

Top investors

32% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

Theo Margolius headshot

Theo Margolius

COO of Otta

Flipdish sets out to be the one-stop ordering system for restaurants and hospitality brands. Its digital ordering and marketing software system helps to build brand strength, increase profit, and convert one-off customers into regulars, allowing clients to focus on the food.

To do this, Flipdish works with a wide range of different courier partners to complete deliveries, including Ziticity, Stuart, and even drone delivery system Manna Aero. By charging a low commission fee of just 7% plus 50p order fee, Flipdish is a financially attractive option for clients, as well as being highly efficient.

Flipdish is now one of the fastest-expanding European tech companies, helping to put more and more hospitality brands-regardless of their size- in control of their business growth. Throughout each of the previous few years, Flipdish trebled in size and is looking to continue this exponential growth and develop an international presence.

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Flexible working
  • TaxSaver Scheme
  • Bike to work
  • Access to a Personal Retirement Savings Account
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) plus 4 summer days off and St Patricks day off!
  • Work from home opportunities

Company values

  • There are no speed limits on the road to success
  • If you shoot for the stars, you’ll probably land on the moon.
  • You’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.
  • It pays to be HOT (Honest, Open and Trustworthy).
  • Flipdish comes first when making business decisions.

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Jan 2022

$96m

LATE VC

Feb 2021

$42.7m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

$146.8m

Total funding

This company has top investors

Founders

Conor McCarthy

(Co-founder & CEO)

Conor gained experience as a Software Developer before serving as CEO of SawdeeSoft and Director of Isoplay. He co-founded Flipdish in January 2015 with James, and has served as CEO since.

James McCarthy

(Co-Founder)

Founded the e-commerce business, ChrismasShirts.com, in 2013 which he worked at for 4 years. Alongside co-founding Flipdish, James has founded Cuebald for Cancer and raised thousands of euros for their cause since 2011.

People progressing

Declan joined Flipdish as Sales Manager in January 2016 after over 3 years as an Area Sales Manager at Just-Eat. He was promoted to Country Manager of Ireland in October 2020.

Diversity & Inclusion at Flipdish

  • No business embodies diversity like the food business. And at Flipdish, we're all about empowering those diverse, local, independent businesses - all over the planet. For us, diversity isn't a checkbox. It's embedded in how we work. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills - all working together in an open, honest, and transparent culture. Because our strength comes from embracing our differences: differences that reflect the diverse customers we serve

Endorsements

All

Autonomy (2)

Meaningful work (2)

Nice people (2)

Hard working team (2)

Flexible working (2)

Flat hierarchy (2)

Growing fast (2)

Challenging work (1)

My opinions are valued (1)

Team energy (1)

Flipdish is a high-trust company. They trust their team to know what is right for the company and to do that, in their own time, managing their own workload and schedule. This means freedom to be flexible.

Operations & Strategy

Autonomy

May 2022

Flipdish is not about being present. It is a remote-first company that judges the value of its employees on output. That output can be produced whenever and wherever it suits employees. There is an understanding that we are all people and we have other responsibilities and interested; and that we are adults who can be trusted to get the job done.

Operations & Strategy

Flexible working

May 2022

Flipdish is about people, not about status. Everybody is in their role to contribute something important and that is recognised from the CEO down to the most junior staff member. Flipdish employees are comfortable and encouraged to speak to the most appropriate person at any given time; whatever the seniority or status that the person might have. There is a strong culture of having a flat structure and the management team actively encourage this, including by scheduled skip-level 1:1s to give an opportunity for teams to speak up.

Operations & Strategy

Flat hierarchy

May 2022

Flipdish is a people first company, meaning, when it comes to where you work, you can do what's best for you. Go into an office, or work remotely full time. It's your call.

Design

Flexible working

May 2022

Flipdish is growing incredibly fast. You won't ever be 'the new person' for more than a week. This type of growth creates amazing opportunities to grow within your role by learning and taking on new responsibilities to keep moving at pace. Also, it's just really exciting to be part of the team that is building something with so much potential.

Design

Growing fast

May 2022

There's a massive amount of trust between employer and employee at Flipdish. There needs to be when you're a remote-first company. This trust allows you the flexibility to work in an extremely autonomous way. Whether you need to do school drop off in the morning, and work a bit later, or you need to clear your head with a two hour walk at lunch, as long as you are executing and communicating your schedule with your team, it's all good. The culture is one of transparency and candid communication. We set goals and desired outcomes constantly so there's little micromanagement. Having this sort of autonomy actually makes me more effective and productive overall.

Design

Autonomy

May 2022

Everyone is dedicated to getting things done as efficiently as possible and driving the company forward. Its so lovely to work with a team of people who really care about what we do!

Operations & Strategy

Hard working team

May 2021

Everyone from the CEOs to the sales team know exactly what our values are and we go over them every week in our company meeting, it keeps us all focused on what we want to achieve, how we aim to do it!

Operations & Strategy

Clear values

May 2021

I can honestly say that every single person at Flipdish is lovely! I know that sounds so corny but it really is true. During my 1st week of training so many people reached out to me to welcome me to the company, they scheduled in coffee breaks to say hi, we all have a buddy to talk too and everyone is so open and honest and super friendly. It is a great of fresh air to work with such an amazing group of people!

Operations & Strategy

Nice people

May 2021

We have huge traction, are going up against massive incumbents (the marketplaces like Deliveroo) and are in a race

Operations & Strategy

Challenging work

May 2021

The people are so friendly and willing to help. We're about 180 and I'm yet to meet a 'dickhead'. This is a first for me

Operations & Strategy

Nice people

May 2021

We're helping restaurants survive and then thrive and meet the needs of the on-demand consumer

Operations & Strategy

Meaningful work

May 2021

When I have feedback regarding processes or things we can improve, my opinion is taken. The team provide feedback freely and we can have an open conversation with managers. Same scenario when there is a chance for me to improve, I can receive feedback constructively

Operations & Strategy

My opinions are valued

May 2021

Great tam, all passionate, hard working, supportive and with the same energy to succeed, get more deals, work hard, and have fun together

Operations & Strategy

Team energy

May 2021

The company has just got €40M funding and is growing fast, recruiting at all levels. This is an opportunity to grow all together, but also to develop myself and grow professional. The team is getting bigger and better!

Operations & Strategy

Growing fast

May 2021

Everyone at Flipdish has a voice and their views will always be listened to and challenged. Alongside this, everyone is empowered with the autonomy to do what they believe is right for the business.

Operations & Strategy

Flat hierarchy

May 2021

Flipdish helps restaurants thrive online. Knowing that what we do allows small and medium sized businesses to compete and win ensures I have a real sense of purpose when I open my laptop each day.

Operations & Strategy

Meaningful work

May 2021

All 200+ people at Flipdish have a clear view on what we are going to achieve. The Ambition of everyone across the company is clear and it's a breath of fresh air to see so many people care deeply about what they do.

Operations & Strategy

Hard working team

May 2021