Vishal Agarwal

So we had always focused on POS integrations, but when we came upon this problem of third-party delivery platforms, we said, we have an API integration with a couple of POS systems. Why don't we use the same pipeline to now funnel some other kind of data into them?

So we had always focused on POS integrations, but when we came upon this problem of third-party delivery platforms, we said, we have an API integration with a couple of POS systems. Why don't we use the same pipeline to now funnel some other kind of data into them?

So we had always focused on POS integrations, but when we came upon this problem of third-party delivery platforms, we said, we have an API integration with a couple of POS systems. Why don't we use the same pipeline to now funnel some other kind of data into them?

That other kind of data was basically information from order confirmation emails that the third-party platforms would send out to the restaurant operators. What we did was developed an email parser to scrape the information out of that email and send it to the POS systems via an API. Again, very startup-y. My name is Vishal Agarwal.

That other kind of data was basically information from order confirmation emails that the third-party platforms would send out to the restaurant operators. What we did was developed an email parser to scrape the information out of that email and send it to the POS systems via an API. Again, very startup-y. My name is Vishal Agarwal.

That other kind of data was basically information from order confirmation emails that the third-party platforms would send out to the restaurant operators. What we did was developed an email parser to scrape the information out of that email and send it to the POS systems via an API. Again, very startup-y. My name is Vishal Agarwal.

I'm the founder and CEO of Checkmate, and our website is itscheckmate.com.

I'm the founder and CEO of Checkmate, and our website is itscheckmate.com.

I'm the founder and CEO of Checkmate, and our website is itscheckmate.com.

Starting this company back in late 2015, early 2016, you could go into a restaurant and you could pay and split your check without having to wait for the server to bring you your check to the table and going through the entire rigmarole. You know what I'm talking about. So that's the first problem that we wanted to solve. That's why the name Checkmate.

Starting this company back in late 2015, early 2016, you could go into a restaurant and you could pay and split your check without having to wait for the server to bring you your check to the table and going through the entire rigmarole. You know what I'm talking about. So that's the first problem that we wanted to solve. That's why the name Checkmate.

Starting this company back in late 2015, early 2016, you could go into a restaurant and you could pay and split your check without having to wait for the server to bring you your check to the table and going through the entire rigmarole. You know what I'm talking about. So that's the first problem that we wanted to solve. That's why the name Checkmate.

I still remember very clearly I was trying to buy the domain name Checkmate.com and I was being quoted around $200,000. It's a Checkmate.com was $12. The easiest decision I've ever had to make in my life still to this day. But that's how we got started. Built a small team to develop this app. Tried this for about a year and a half, so almost 18 months.

I still remember very clearly I was trying to buy the domain name Checkmate.com and I was being quoted around $200,000. It's a Checkmate.com was $12. The easiest decision I've ever had to make in my life still to this day. But that's how we got started. Built a small team to develop this app. Tried this for about a year and a half, so almost 18 months.

I still remember very clearly I was trying to buy the domain name Checkmate.com and I was being quoted around $200,000. It's a Checkmate.com was $12. The easiest decision I've ever had to make in my life still to this day. But that's how we got started. Built a small team to develop this app. Tried this for about a year and a half, so almost 18 months.

And then I ran into this problem, Noah, of multiple tablets. I was selling to this restaurant. They said, hey, you seem like a nice person and you're selling me something that's nice to have. But here's a real problem. I'll show you. And he walked me over to his counter where there was two POS stations and nine different tablets.

And then I ran into this problem, Noah, of multiple tablets. I was selling to this restaurant. They said, hey, you seem like a nice person and you're selling me something that's nice to have. But here's a real problem. I'll show you. And he walked me over to his counter where there was two POS stations and nine different tablets.

And then I ran into this problem, Noah, of multiple tablets. I was selling to this restaurant. They said, hey, you seem like a nice person and you're selling me something that's nice to have. But here's a real problem. I'll show you. And he walked me over to his counter where there was two POS stations and nine different tablets.

Right from Grubhub, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Chow Now, Caviar, Postmates. So he said, can you solve this problem? I said, this does seem like a problem worth solving. And my background is I was the chief marketing officer of an e-commerce retail company before this, and I'm not an engineer.

Right from Grubhub, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Chow Now, Caviar, Postmates. So he said, can you solve this problem? I said, this does seem like a problem worth solving. And my background is I was the chief marketing officer of an e-commerce retail company before this, and I'm not an engineer.