Name

drop kitchen - europe

Legal name

Adaptics Limited

Website

https://getdrop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Licensing: B2B platform licensing model where appliance brands pay to use KitchenOS. Three tiers: Fresco App Only (fastest entry), Branded App Experience (fully branded white-label), and Any App/Screen (SDK/API integration). Partners include major appliance manufacturers globally.
2. Content Services: Optional professional recipe creation services aligned to partner appliances, markets, and brand positioning. Helps brands scale content libraries without internal content teams.
3. Marketing and Engagement Tools: Pre-integrated consumer engagement tools including email, push notifications, CRM, and lifecycle messaging capabilities available as part of the platform offering.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Drop Kitchen - Europe (operating as Fresco, formerly Drop) provides KitchenOS, a purpose-built B2B connected cooking platform that appliance brands license to deliver AI-powered guided cooking experiences. The platform combines cloud infrastructure, cross-brand appliance interoperability, an AI Cooking Companion, and a recipe CMS, enabling appliance OEMs to launch connected cooking products in weeks rather than years.

Product overview

Fresco (formerly Drop) is a connected cooking platform provider that offers a modular, three-layer architecture: KitchenOS (the scalable foundational platform), AI Cooking Companion (the experience layer), and the Connected Kitchen ecosystem (cross-brand interoperability). The platform includes six core modules: KitchenOS (cloud infrastructure and device connectivity), AI Cooking Companion (guided cooking and AI capabilities), Content Management/Recipe CMS (recipe creation and localization across 18 languages), Data Insights (usage analytics), Marketing & Engagement Tools (lifecycle marketing), and Security & Compliance (enterprise-grade protection). Brands can access Fresco through the Fresco App (cross-brand), Branded App Experience (white-label), or Any App/Screen integration (SDKs and APIs). Key sub-brands include Panasonic Kitchen+, Viking Cloud, Kenwood & Me, and Instant Connect, all powered by Fresco's platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KitchenOS
• AI Cooking Companion
• Fresco App
• Branded App Experience
• Panasonic Kitchen+ App

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% appliance activation rate
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and growth.

• ArdacoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 11 September 2025OEM partner announced at IFA 2025. Partnership expands smart kitchen ecosystem across manufacturing and appliance categories. Prototypes showcased at IFA and Canton Fair.
• E.G.O.coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 11 September 2025OEM partner announced at IFA 2025. Partnership enables deeper, more scalable appliance integrations. Tyler Hu (Arda) invested in Fresco as part of Series C. Prototypes showcased at IFA and Canton Fair.
• PanasonicflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2025Flagship partnership to launch HomeCHEF 4-in-1 Multi-Oven with Panasonic Kitchen+ app powered by Fresco. 8-month development from concept to CES 2025 launch. Panasonic retained product ownership while leveraging Fresco platform for faster delivery. Case study documented success with 80%+ purchase intent at CES.
• EuronicsgrowthChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Retail partnership helping guide consumers toward smarter, connected appliances and accelerating adoption in key European markets.
• KenwoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner since 2016-2021 shift to platform. Kenwood & Me app powered by Fresco. Cross-brand interoperability demonstrated at IFA 2025 with Instant Pot and Viking.
• GE AppliancescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partner brand. Appliances connected to Fresco ecosystem.
• BSH (Bosch/Siemens)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly platform partnership (2016-2021). BSH is Europe's largest home appliance manufacturer.
• AGA LivingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner brand in Fresco ecosystem. Premium appliance manufacturer.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Samsung SmartThings: Samsung SmartThings is the broad smart-home incumbent that integrates with Samsung's own appliances and third-party devices; overlaps with Fresco's cross-brand smart home orchestration but covers a much wider device portfolio.
• Whirlpool Corporation: Whirlpool is a major appliance manufacturer with its own connected cooking platform (KitchenAid, Yummly integration); a broad incumbent that both competes with and could become a customer of Fresco's platform.
• Amazon Alexa: Amazon Alexa powers cooking timers, recipes, and appliance control across Echo devices and third-party appliances; the dominant voice-assistant incumbent in the kitchen whose roadmap competes with Fresco's guided cooking layer.
• Google Home / Google Assistant: Google Home is a broad incumbent in smart-home control, with growing investments in cooking and AI assistance; overlaps with Fresco's smart kitchen orchestration but as part of a much broader platform.

Emerging players

• Anova Culinary: Anova makes connected sous vide and other countertop cooking appliances with a companion app; an emerging smart-cooking appliance brand whose category expansion patterns are relevant to Fresco's OEM integration thesis.
• Brava Home: Brava makes a connected light oven with multi-zone cooking and a guided cooking app; an emerging connected cooking appliance brand showcasing the appliance experience layer Fresco powers for partner brands.
• Tovala: Tovala combines a smart oven with a meal subscription service and integrated guided cooking — an emerging consumer-facing connected cooking brand that partially overlaps with Fresco's appliance-side partnerships and guided cooking UX.
• June (Life, Inc.): June produces an AI-powered smart oven with computer-vision-driven cooking guidance; an emerging smart cooking brand whose product roadmap signals the kind of connected experiences Fresco enables for OEM partners.

Direct peers

• SideChef: SideChef provides a smart cooking app and appliance integration platform used by brands like Samsung and Anova; it competes with Fresco on cross-brand guided cooking, recipe apps, and B2B appliance integrations.
• Innit: Innit is a connected food and cooking platform that partners with appliance brands (Whirlpool, GE Appliances) to power guided cooking experiences — the closest direct B2B platform peer to Fresco's KitchenOS, with comparable data-driven, cross-brand positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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