Restaurant booking startup Chope raises US$8m

Singapore

HOMEGROWN restaurant booking platform Chope on Tuesday said it has picked up US$8 million in Series C funding, its third round of financing led this time by Singapore-based investment firm F&H Fund Management, as well as NSI Ventures, the venture arm of US$1.8 billion Northstar Group.

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), an existing investor, along with DSG Consumers Partners and Frontier Ventures, also participated in this latest round of fund-raising, which follows some US$3.5 million raised in Series A and B funding since Chope's launch in 2011, said the startup.