GrubTech an end-to-end kitchen operating system, which offers food aggregator services, online ordering, delivery, and menu management, along with analytics, is one of Asia’s leading tech innovators and disruptors. Having looked at Sri Lanka as a key destination to set up their branch office, they have today, a strong presence in the country and has brought about a host of job opportunities to talented software engineers across the nation.
Delivering its services to over 1,000 brand locations, the company recently secured two funding rounds in 2021 totaling $16.4 million and overall operates across 15 countries in the Asian region.
Given this impressive journey, achieved in span of just two years, the company was recently selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the 50 most funded innovative startups to watch.
As the defining voice that champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who are aspired to make it Forbes convenes and curates the most-influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business, and making a significant impact on the world. As such, this accolade brings endless possibilities to Grub Tech’s Sri Lankan employees in gaining the opportunity to work on a range of international projects, that in turn will result in upskilling their abilities and in working globally whilst being located locally.
Speaking of this accomplishment, General Manager Sri Lanka for GrubTech Rushanthi Seneviratne stated “ we are thrilled to be recognized for our achievements and our efforts.. For employees, career resilience is found in the rapid acquisition of meaningful skills and at Grub Tech, we look at nurturing talent, where we have a strong development strategy for them, so they become the people who can help take our organization to the next level . When employees are empowered to be successful in their role by giving them the necessary skills and independence to navigate the organization in culture, tooling and processes, they not only personally benefited but they also contribute to the success of the organization. This we believe has been one of our key mantra’s for success. We will continue to work on product innovation to meet future market requirements and continue to invest in talent acquisition in the Sri Lankan market, who will be the guardians whom through their talents will help us go the “next steps” in our journey.
Co-Founder/CEO Mohamed Al Fayed added “This recognition will not only put us in the limelight in gaining the interest of top investors but will also propel us to accelerate and recreate the careers of our staff and help us create businesses of scale to reach the highest echelons in our industry. We look at our Sri Lankan engineering team as one of the key contributors to our future success, given the top talent that we have recruited and will continue to recruit. As such we will continue in investing in our Sri Lankan arm to grow our talent and work on innovative product development