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Did Robert Kim co-found Ritual?
Yes. BetaKit, December 7, 2021, describes Ritual as a social ordering app he co-founded, and reports that he left the company that September. Ritual was started in 2014 by Kim, Ray Reddy and Larry Stinson.
What did he build before Ritual?
BetaKit, December 7, 2021, reports that he co-founded Fat Free Mobile, acquired by Research In Motion in 2007, and the commerce platform PushLife, acquired by Google in 2011. He worked at both acquirers after the deals.
What is he doing now?
He runs Karrot's North American business. The Korea Herald, February 17, 2025, identifies him as the CEO of Karrot's Canadian operations, appointed in 2023, and his LinkedIn profile, checked September 2026, still shows Karrot in Toronto. Karrot's own about page, checked September 2026, says its North American leadership came from Google, Kakao, Naver and Ritual. In between he co-founded GoodGood, a Toronto local-commerce startup that shut down in November 2022 after failing to raise more capital, per BetaKit, November 23, 2022.
What happened to Ritual?
The Globe and Mail, January 13, 2025, reported that co-founders Ray Reddy and Larry Stinson were joining Shopify with members of Ritual's research and development team, that Ritual would continue under new leadership, and that a separate process to sell the company as a going concern was under way. Kim had already left in 2021.