OpenRest


OpenRest is a software company that provides restaurant owners with online ordering websites, mobile websites and native mobile apps branded on the restaurant. In total, as of July 2014, more than 1,000 restaurants power their online ordering systems with OpenRest worldwide. The company is based in Delaware with research and development offices in Tel Aviv.

Background

OpenRest was founded in 2010 by Danny Leshem and Yoav Amit. The company first focused on Web applications, before making a significant shift towards mobile development in 2011 as the smartphone market was booming.
By 2013, 300 restaurants had launched their OpenRest-powered ordering application on the App Store. Its R&D office was based in Tel Aviv. In June 2013, OpenRest and RestCloud announced a collaboration to integrate with the cloud based POS messaging solution for restaurants.
In late 2013, OpenRest partnered with Bits of Gold to be the first restaurant online ordering system to provide bitcoin payments to all its clients. In June 2014, OpenRest launched in French. In July 2014, OpenRest integrated with BitPay to expand its bitcoin payment offering.
OpenRest was acquired by Wix.com in October 2014 for $12 million.

Description

OpenRest's mobile solutions are written on top of Appcelerator Titanium.