Blaze Pizza, LLC

📍 Pasadena, United States🗓 Founded 2011👥 2,179 employees💰 Last funded Jul 2017
Restaurants🌐 blazepizza.com
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Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza, the leader in the fast-casual artisan pizza category, uses an assembly line format to create pizzas at lightning fast speed. Each Blaze Pizza restaurant makes its own dough from scratch using a recipe that requires a 24-hour fermentation period to produce its signature light-as-air, crisp crust. Guests watch as each perfectly proofed dough ball is pressed into a generous 11-inch crust. Pizzas are made in front of the customer using an assembly line format and are ready in three minutes. Blaze Pizza's menu also features signature salads, fresh lemonades, craft beer and wine and house-made S'more Pies, and also offers numerous gluten-free and plant-based options. A creation of Elise and Rick Wetzel (founder of Wetzel's Pretzels), the concept is backed by investors including Maria Shriver, movie producer John Davis and Boston Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner. Blaze Pizza's seasoned executive team brings fast-casual and quick-serve restaurant experience from numerous concepts including Buffalo Wild Wings, Freebirds World Burrito, California Pizza Kitchen, and Carl's Jr. The company, which Forbes.com named a "Hot New Restaurant Chain from an Established Brand,"​ is registered to sell franchises in all 50 states and is currently accepting applications to develop franchise stores across the country.
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Investor activity2012–2017 · investors recorded per year
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Frequently asked questions
Who invested in Blaze Pizza, LLC?
Blaze Pizza, LLC has 3 investors on record on gritt.io, including 1 early-stage backers and 2 late-stage investors.
When did Blaze Pizza, LLC last raise funding?
The most recent investment in Blaze Pizza, LLC recorded on gritt.io was in July 2017.
When was Blaze Pizza, LLC founded?
Blaze Pizza, LLC was founded in 2011.
What industry is Blaze Pizza, LLC in?
Blaze Pizza, LLC operates in Restaurants. Find similar Restaurants investors on gritt.io.
Where is Blaze Pizza, LLC based?
Blaze Pizza, LLC is headquartered in Pasadena, United States.