Franklin Junction Wins Most Fundable Company by Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
Atlanta, GA, Sep. 28, 2023: Franklin Junction is delighted to announce that it achieved the Gold recognition on the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s sixth annual Most Fundable Companies® List. Franklin Junctioncompeted against over 3,000 of early-stage US companies to be named one of 17 companies in total. The Most Fundable Companies initiative aims to educate founders on the investor diligence process and recognize exceptional entrepreneurs who are solving today’s problems with inventive solutions and are also seeking investment capital to fuel their company’s growth. Watch the event video.
Franklin Junction launched in 2020 with the Host Kitchen® solution, which allows existing restaurants to maximize underutilized kitchen capacity by producing the delivery orders for other brands. Franklin Junction has grown to serve thousands of enterprise restaurants in the U.S. and has expanded internationally to Europe and Asia. Franklin Junction’s fully integrated proprietary eCommerce operating system, Deliverbee, powers the platform providing high margin incremental revenue to all partners.
“Ranking in the top 5 as a Most Fundable Company of 2023 positions us well for our first institutional capital raise and reaffirms our position as innovators and the market leader,” said Franklin Junction CEO and co-founder, Rishi Nigam. “The Most Fundable Companies initiative was one of the most intensive diligence processes we’ve ever participated in, and we’re thrilled to have arrived on top through data-driven analysis. We’re excited that the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School is giving entrepreneurs a platform to showcase their business and are humbled to be in the company of other impressive disruptive entrepreneurs.”
As a winner on the Most Fundable Companies List, Franklin Junction will be profiled on Entrepreneur.com and will be featured in the December print issue of Entrepreneur magazine. For a complete list of the winners, visit www.pepperdine.edu/mfc-list, where you can also vote for Franklin Junction through October 9.
About Franklin Junction
Franklin Junction is a leader in providing innovative solutions for the restaurant industry. Through its cutting-edge technology and platforms, including Deliverbee, Franklin Junction is committed to transforming restaurant operations and customer experiences. Franklin Junction is widely recognized for revolutionizing the foodservice industry by creating the concept of Host Kitchen®, which allows restaurants to maximize underutilized kitchen capacity by fulfilling delivery orders for other brands creating high margin incremental revenue for both host, and brand partners.
About Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies
The Most Fundable Companies List is an annual program hosted by the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School aimed to promote startup business development by providing pathways for startup funding and inspiring entrepreneurial spirit across the nation. More than 3,000 companies across all 50 states applied for the 2023 program. The Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Most Fundable Companies Showcase presented by the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship took place on September 28, 2023 at Pepperdine University’s Villa Graziadio Executive Center.
The Most Fundable Companies program was launched by the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School in 2018 as a free resource to help entrepreneurs assess their readiness for private investment. The initiative involves a multi-phase assessment that evaluates several company variables, including financial projections, market opportunity, intellectual property, and the strength of the management team, all of which are used to generate objective and customized feedback and scoring to improve readiness for funding.
Disclaimers: The Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies list does not represent an offer to sell securities. It does not constitute investment advice, nor is it an endorsement of any particular product or service. Pepperdine University is not a broker-dealer and does not perform services provided by a broker-dealer, including but not limited to any financial or investment advising.
