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CookUnity Raised $47M Series B Led by Insight Partners

Mateo Marietti · He moved to the US with nothing. Now he does $750M ARR. | Mateo Marietti, Founder of CookUnity · PMF Show · Mar 16, 2026 · at 47:53

Mateo Marietti, founder and CEO of CookUnity, details the company's 2021 Series B funding round and total capital raised.

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“So, we raised our Series B back then, led by Insight Partners. That was a forty-seven million round, which is Like, 40% of what we raised in total since inception, even up to this day.”

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