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Dean Bloembergen

Co-founder, Owner.com

Restaurant software

Dean Bloembergen is co-founder and CTO of Owner.com, which sells websites, online ordering and marketing software to independent restaurants in the United States. He joined in January 2021, several years after Adam Guild founded the company in 2018 under an earlier name. He previously founded Marble Technologies, a self-ordering kiosk startup for quick-service restaurants. Owner.com is headquartered in Palo Alto.

Dean hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Dean co-founded Owner.com, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Is he actually a co-founder of Owner.com?

Yes. Owner.com's leadership page, checked 2026-09-20, lists him on the executive leadership team as 'Dean Bloembergen - Co-Founder & CTO'. Owner.com's careers page, checked the same day, also names only two co-founders: Adam Guild (Co-Founder & CEO) and Dean Bloembergen (Co-Founder & CTO).

When did he join, if the company started in 2018?

Contrary Research's Owner report, updated June 27, 2025 and checked 2026-09-20, says 'Owner was founded in 2018 as Placepull by Adam Guild (CEO)' and that 'In January 2021, when the company rebranded to Owner, Dean Bloembergen joined as co-founder and CTO.'

What does Owner.com sell?

Owner.com's careers page, checked 2026-09-20, describes the product as 'the AI growth system for independent restaurants' whose 'AI continuously improves SEO, marketing, and online ordering to grow first-party sales.'

What did he do before Owner.com?

The same Contrary Research report, checked 2026-09-20, says 'He previously founded Marble Technologies, a self-ordering kiosk startup for quick-service restaurants.'

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