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Overview
Per Diem is a New York-based, fully remote software company building Square-native branded mobile apps, loyalty, web ordering, and AI marketing tools for restaurants, cafés, bakeries, and other local merchants. Public sources disagree on the founding year (2020 vs. 2021), with YC/startup directories pointing to 2020 and LinkedIn pointing to 2021.
Primary product
White-label branded mobile ordering, loyalty, and marketing app platform integrated with Square POS.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
11-50
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Restaurant tech / mobile ordering SaaS
Offices
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
monthly subscription plans
annual subscription plans
white-label software
add-on features and services
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$2.3M
Latest round
Seed · Apr 2021
Latest amount
$2.3M
Apr 2021 · Two Sigma Ventures
People & investors
Leadership
CEO & Co-founder
Co-founder & CTO
Director of Engineering
Founding Account Executive
Work & culture
Hospitality-minded, design-conscious, and ownership-driven. The team emphasizes urgency, attention to detail, remote collaboration, user empathy, and shipping quickly with clear documentation and cross-functional squads.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
No official compensation bands were published on the company site; a public Y Combinator job listing surfaced remote engineering roles around $60K base with equity, suggesting modest early-stage startup compensation plus ownership upside.
Benefits
100% remote / work from anywhere
high ownership
direct access to founders
supportive low-ego team
healthy work-life balance
off-sites
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered subscription pricing with monthly and annual plans; public pricing starts at $99/month and scales to higher tiers with added features and support.
Differentiators
- —Square-native integration
- —branded mobile app launch in 24 hours
- —no commission fees
- —built-in loyalty and rewards
- —web ordering plus mobile ordering
- —AI-driven marketing automation
- —group ordering
- —catering support
- —franchise-friendly branding controls
- —direct ownership of customer relationships
Technology
Square POS
React
React Native
Next.js
Node.js
TypeScript
AWS
PostgreSQL
GraphQL
Docker
Vercel
Slack
GitHub
Linear
Google Docs
Heroku
Customers
Coffee shops
Restaurants
Bakeries
Franchises
Think Coffee
Hidden Grounds
Tikka Shack
Crave Cookies
Kona Coffee Roasters
Newsbar
Coffee Dose
Oakberry
Partners Coffee Roasters
BIRDCODE
Chip City
Competitors
Embargo
Redcat
Blackbird
TapTasty
Cluvi
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
200.2K
Traffic estimate as of Oct 2024
Jobs and careers at Per Diem
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