Hyphen

Hyphen increases profitability and productivity for the foodservice industry by automating meal production with its Makeline and augmenting kitchen staff using its CulinaryOS.

Latest funding

$25M Series B+ · August 13, 2025

Led by Tiger Global Management · Source: finsmes.com

Latest round on record: Seed, October 2025, amount undisclosed.

Total raised: $49M across 2 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: usehyphen.com.

X: @gethyphen · 196 followers.

LinkedIn: use-hyphen.

Categories: Robotics and hardware Commerce and retail Manufacturing and industrial.

Sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Food and Beverage, Industrial Automation, Restaurants, Robotics.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: San Jose, United States.

Total raised: $49M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Oct 27, 2025 · 384 days ago.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@gethyphen · created Jul 3, 2018 (8 years old) · 196 followers

Website registeredNov 6, 2020 (6 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Hyphen | 1324 days from X account to first raise on record

@gethyphen·Raised $49M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Oct 27, 2025	Seed	undisclosed	—	fundraisingfox.com
Aug 13, 2025	Series B+	$25M	TTiger Global Management	finsmes.com
Feb 16, 2022	Series A	$24M	TTiger Global Management	businesswire.com

Timeline

November 6, 2020
Website created
July 3, 2018
X account created

Founders and team

SK
Stephen Klein Co-Founder / CEO

@Klein05 · source: usehyphen.com
DF
Daniel Fukuba Co-Founder / CTO

@dfukuba · source: usehyphen.com
AA
Anusha Arunachalam VP, Finance
CP
Chris Patterson VP, Production
JG
J. Garuav Goel SVP, Revenue
JB
Jordan Buettner VP, Business Operations
MJ
Maneesh Jain VP of Hardware

Investors

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Sources and API

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