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Tab Payments

Tab Payments was a Toronto mobile-payments app that let diners pay and tip at higher-end restaurants with a couple of taps, skipping the bill ritual. Founded in 2014 by Adam Epstein, Fahd Ananta and Mike Kimel, it reached nearly 100 restaurants across Toronto and Montreal before Velocity Mobile acquired it in October 2015.

Acquired — Acquired by Velocity in October 2015, which folded Tab's in-restaurant mobile payments into its hospitality platform.

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~100top restaurants across Toronto and Montreal (2015)TechTO stage 2015-03-09

The people

Adam EpsteinCo-Founder & CEO · 1 TechTO talk
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Fahd AnantaCo-founderprofile coming
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Mike KimelCo-founderprofile coming

What they build

Tab appiPhone and Android app to check in at a restaurant and pay the bill and tip in two taps

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Working at Tab Payments

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On the TechTO stage

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About

Founded in 2014, Tab (Tab Payments) built an iPhone and Android wallet for restaurant checkout — check in, choose who you're paying for, and tap to settle the bill and tip. Restaurants paid processing fees below traditional terminals while diners used it free. By its March 2015 TechTO talk it was live in just under 100 top restaurants in Toronto and Montreal. Velocity Mobile acquired the company in October 2015, and co-founder Adam Epstein went on to lead Velocity's Canadian operations before founding Gigi.

Backers

Backers not publicly disclosed; acquired by Velocity Mobile in October 2015

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

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Quick answers

What was Tab Payments?

A Toronto app for paying and tipping at restaurants in a couple of taps, founded in 2014 and live in nearly 100 restaurants in Toronto and Montreal.

What happened to Tab?

Velocity Mobile acquired it in October 2015. Co-founder Adam Epstein went on to lead Velocity's Canadian operations and later founded Gigi.

Who founded Tab?

Adam Epstein, Fahd Ananta and Mike Kimel, in 2014.

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