
Parsnip is a cooking education platform designed to help users level up their cooking skills. It offers bite-sized lessons, recipes, and videos that explain the 'hows' and 'whys' behind cooking techniques, going beyond traditional recipes and cookbooks. The platform caters to various dietary preferences, including vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free options. Parsnip aims to make cooking accessible and enjoyable, improving users' health and mood while enabling them to impress friends and family with their culinary creations. The company is founded by Andrew Mao and Dan Sosa, with a team that includes culinary experts and tech professionals.

Parsnip is a cooking education platform designed to help users level up their cooking skills. It offers bite-sized lessons, recipes, and videos that explain the 'hows' and 'whys' behind cooking techniques, going beyond traditional recipes and cookbooks. The platform caters to various dietary preferences, including vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free options. Parsnip aims to make cooking accessible and enjoyable, improving users' health and mood while enabling them to impress friends and family with their culinary creations. The company is founded by Andrew Mao and Dan Sosa, with a team that includes culinary experts and tech professionals.
Product: Mobile cooking-education app with bite-sized lessons, recipes, videos, and progress tracking
Focus: Teaches the 'hows and whys' of cooking; includes dietary options (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Founders: Andrew Mao and Dan Sosa
Team size: 15 employees (reported)
Funding / stage: Seed-stage fundraising activity (investors include Half Court VC and StartX)
Cooking education / consumer skill development
2020
Consumer cooking education
€0.0
Earlier round listed with amount shown as €0.0.
Seed round recorded in Feb 2023; amount not shown.
“Seed investors include Half Court VC and StartX.”