Flipdish
Flipdish sells software for restaurants to manage online orders, loyalty programs and kitchen operations. The Dublin-based company raised $157M in a Series C round in 2022 and employs 265 people.
The growth story
Flipdish grew from 222 to 265 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $157M along the way, most recently a Series C in January 2022.
About
Flipdish provides a software platform for hospitality businesses to handle online ordering, point-of-sale systems, digital kiosks, websites, apps, loyalty programs, and marketing tools. It also offers back-end features like menu management, staff scheduling, and kitchen display systems.
The company was founded in 2015 by brothers James and Conor McCarthy and has grown to become a unicorn. Its $157M Series C in 2022 included investments from Tiger Global and Tencent, signaling strong investor confidence in its restaurant tech platform.
Founders and leadership
Flipdish is led by co-founders James and Conor McCarthy. Engineering is the largest function, with 42 employees, suggesting a strong focus on product development.
The Flipdish org chart
Conor McCarthy (CEO, CTO & Co-founder) leads 59 mapped leaders with 19 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Sales 51 (+13% YoY), Engineering 49 (+20% YoY), Information Technology 32 (+10% YoY), Customer Success and Support 28 (-12% YoY), Operations 20 (+11% YoY), Human Resources 20 (+43% YoY).
Talent flow
Flipdish hires heavily from food delivery platforms like ibex, foodpanda and Just Eat Takeaway.com. Alumni often move to fintech firms like Revolut and Rippling, indicating transferable skills in scaling tech platforms.
Most common previous employers of Flipdish staff: ibex. Pakistan (8), foodpanda (5), Just Eat Takeaway.com (5), Oracle (4), Uber (4), Motive (4). Former Flipdish employees most often moved to Rippling (4), Fenergo (3), Revolut (3), Toast (2), Workday (2), Aircall (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Flipdish mafia
Flipdish alumni have founded 15 companies, including Kota (208 staff), Herdwatch (55 staff) and Knock2.ai (6 staff), showing entrepreneurial spillover from the company.
16Deepak Baliga, was Software Engineer until 2022Stephen Crowley, was CFO at Flipdish until 2023Ángela Gamero Ramírez, was Business Developer & Marketing Manager until 2020Ronan Mahon, was Head Of Sales until 2018John DiLoreto, was President & GM until 2023Mavis Qu, was Business Development Manager until 2023
Erin K., was Founding Member, Head of U.S. Growth & Marketing until 2021
Tariq Abdul Karim, was Director of Engineering until 2025
Richard Snowden, was Technology Business Partner (Management Role) until 2022
Daniel Ireland, was Lead EPOS Business Development Manager & SDR Team Lead until 2023
Heather Thompson, was Global Head of Customer Success until 2020
Oreste Luci, was Director Of Engineering until 2023
Maria Klonz, was Senior Sales Executive D/A/CH until 2021
Ryan Tinsley, was Head of Product Design & Research until 2026
Tianyi Wang, was Frontend Engineer Lead until 2019Web traffic
Traffic mix: 46% direct, 23% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Flipdish: Communication (112), Customer Service (100), Project Management (93), Teamwork (84), Microsoft Office (83), Microsoft Excel (77), Sales (74), Problem Solving (74).
Where the team actually sits
Flipdish people are concentrated in Sindh, Pakistan (48), England, United Kingdom (31), County Dublin, Ireland (29), Ireland (19).
Search footprint
Flipdish attracts about 2,221 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $47K a month if bought through ads. It gained 865 ranking keywords and lost 981 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Flipdish has 265 employees as of September 2026.
Flipdish has raised $157M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2022.
Flipdish was founded in 2015 by James McCarthy, Conor McCarthy.
Conor McCarthy (CEO, CTO & Co-founder) sits at the top of Flipdish's reporting structure, with 19 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Flipdish staff are ibex. Pakistan (8 people), foodpanda (5 people), Just Eat Takeaway.com (5 people).
Former Flipdish employees most often move to Rippling (4), Fenergo (3), Revolut (3).
At least 15 companies have a founder who previously worked at Flipdish, including Kota, Herdwatch, OREMAG Obras y Construcciones SLU.
Flipdish attracts about 2,221 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $47K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Flipdish staff are Communication, Customer Service, Project Management, Teamwork, Microsoft Office.
Flipdish staff are concentrated in Sindh, Pakistan (48), England, United Kingdom (31), County Dublin, Ireland (29).
Flipdish has about 51 people in Sales, up 13% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Flipdish has about 49 people in Engineering, up 20% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 201 current and 263 former Flipdish profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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