Tare · seed round · 2026
Tare
Restaurants throw away a tenth of the food they buy. Tare weighs every gram of it, then tells the kitchen to cook less.
NET● TARE
0.000kg
TAREZEROUNIT
A fictional company. Every number in this deck is illustrative.
I · The problem
A tenth of the food a kitchen buys goes in the bin
10%
For a mid-size restaurant that is 90 kg a week, about $1,800 of stock, before labour and disposal.
I · The problem
Most of it is binned before it reaches a plate
I · The problem
Food costs outran menu prices
II · The product
A scale that knows what it is weighing
1Weighs to the gram
Steel platform, rated for a full 60 kg bin.
2Asks what and why
Tap the item, pick a reason.
3Prints tomorrow's prep
A ticket at 6 a.m. No app to open.
II · The product
Every scrap becomes tomorrow's prep list
Tagitem + reason
Forecasttomorrow's covers
Prep ticketprinted at 6 a.m.
TAREPREP · TUE 14 OCT
06:00 · KITCHEN 3 · 212 COVERS
ITEMWASMAKE
Jasmine rice9.06.5 kg
Brioche buns6042
Chicken thigh14.011.5 kg
Salad mix6.04.0 kg
Soup base129 L
PREP VS. USUAL−27%
II · The product
The prep list writes itself
Tare compares what was made, sold and binned, then prints what to make tomorrow. Cooks keep cooking.
27% less
food prepped for the same number of covers.
III · The proof
Pilot: 12 kitchens, 6 months, 41% less waste
III · The proof
Each kitchen keeps $3,900 a month
$3,900
■ Food not bought$3,100
■ Disposal fees$450
■ Prep labour$350
Tare costs $249 a month.
III · The proof
Paying kitchens, up 38% a month
IV · The plan
Room to grow: 1.1 million kitchens
All kitchens · $3.3B
Every restaurant kitchen in the US and EU.
Full-service · $930M
Kitchens spending over $1M a year on food.
By 2029 · $36M ARR
12,000 kitchens: 4% of full-service.
IV · The plan
The only tool that weighs waste and changes the prep
Smart bins see the waste but don't change what gets cooked.
Inventory software changes orders but guesses the waste.
Tare does both.
IV · The plan
Eighteen months to a thousand kitchens
IV · The ask
Raising
$4M
Seed round, eighteen months of runway.
Enough to reach 1,000 kitchens and $3M ARR by Q1 2028.
Weigh it.
Waste less.
NET● TARE
0.000kg
TAREZEROUNIT
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