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Waiter.com

Logo: www.waiter.com, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Online restaurant delivery service

Waiter.com, also formerly known as World Wide Waiter, is an online restaurant delivery service that went online in early December 1995. It was founded by two Stanford University Business School graduates Craig Cohen and Michael Adelberg.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Waiter.com, also formerly known as World Wide Waiter, is an online restaurant delivery service that went online in early December 1995. It was founded by two Stanford University Business School graduates Craig Cohen and Michael Adelberg.2

Timeline

  1. 1995Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$2.0M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $2.0M in all. PPP loans $2.0M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M2020 · PPP loans: $1.1M20202021 · PPP loans: $892.0K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$892.0K$892.0K
2020$1.1M$1.1M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 12, 2020$1.1M PPP loan (first draw) from Umpqua Bank4To WAITER.COM, INC., Sunnyvale CA; $1.1M forgiven Oct 6, 2021
  2. Mar 12, 2021$892.0K PPP loan (second draw) from Umpqua Bank4To WAITER.COM INC., Sunnyvale CA; $904.8K forgiven Aug 24, 2022

Sources

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