Made In
The DTC brand with actual factories behind it.
Status: Approved
- Founded
- 2016
- Website
- madeincookware.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA,France,Italy
- Ownership type
- VC-backed
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Founder-led (Chip Malt, Jake Kalick); documented funding is about $8.3M across three rounds (the $137M figure circulating in databases is unsupported, likely revenue conflation). Products from family-owned partner factories in France, Italy, and the US; ATK co-winner; used at Alinea (Achatz and Kokonas are investors).
Why Approved
The exception among the DTCs: verifiable manufacturing partners and professional users. Its own warranty calls nonstick coatings consumable by nature, which is at least honest. Modest VC on the cap table is the standing risk.
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
A margin-driven shift to Asian sourcing, a PE recap, or partner-factory churn.
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