Zume
- π¦Became a unicorn2018
- πPeak valuation$2.3 Billion β18
- πBecame a Unitard2023
- πΈLast valuationWiped out
Total raised averaged per day over approximately 8.0 years from founding to bankruptcy or shutdown. This is not measured cash burn. Methodology
The rise & fall
5 moments Β· 2015β2023The key moments.
How it happened
Zume was a food-robotics startup that aimed to make pizza using robots in delivery trucks, raising a large SoftBank-led investment that pushed its valuation to roughly $2.3B around 2018. It pivoted away from pizza toward sustainable packaging after the robotic model failed to scale, cut staff in 2020, and ultimately shut down in 2023 after burning through its capital.
Glassdoor reviews faulted management and leadership and doubted the product and direction as the robotic-pizza-turned-packaging company burned cash toward its 2023 shutdown.
Employee accounts paraphrase anonymous, unverified reviews posted publicly on Glassdoor β. See our methodology.
Source: SoftBank-backed
Where they went
- Alex Gardenfounder, chairman & CEOCEO and Head of Product at Mnemom.ai
Current roles as self-reported on LinkedIn, retrieved 2026-08-19. See our methodology.
Disclosed investors (10)
Historical funding participation; lists may be incomplete and do not establish current ownership or investor losses.
* Lead in a funding round Β· Crunchbase β Β· 2026-10-13 Β· Methodology Β· Leaderboard
