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Nick Kafker

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Nick Kafker
CEO & Co-Founder of
Linecook (2025)
About

Nick Kafker is Co-Founder and President of Linecook, an AI-powered social app that helps close friends share, track, and celebrate home-cooked meals.

Before founding

Nick co-founded Recover Athletics, a leading injury-prevention platform for runners, alongside high school best friend Nick Stewart, which was acquired by Strava in 2022.

Founder Insights

After the acquisition, Nick helped build premium features at Strava, gaining deep insight into how social mechanics drive daily habit formation and community engagement.

Experience

Nick attended Amherst College and brings a proven track record of building, scaling, and exiting consumer apps, having reached tens of millions of athletes through Strava after the Recover Athletics acquisition.

Scale & Impact

Linecook raised a $2.3M pre-seed round backed by founders of Strava, MyFitnessPal, WHOOP, and The Athletic, and launched into public beta in early 2026 with a mission to become the definitive record of the world's home-cooked meals.

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Nick Kafker

Linecook
Co-Founder & President
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Nick Kafker

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Linecook

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Media & Entertainment

Year Founded

2025

Stage/Funding

Pre-Seed • $2.3M

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About

Nick Kafker is Co-Founder and President of Linecook, an AI-powered social app that helps close friends share, track, and celebrate home-cooked meals.

Before founding

Nick co-founded Recover Athletics, a leading injury-prevention platform for runners, alongside high school best friend Nick Stewart, which was acquired by Strava in 2022.

Founder Insights

After the acquisition, Nick helped build premium features at Strava, gaining deep insight into how social mechanics drive daily habit formation and community engagement.

Experience

Nick attended Amherst College and brings a proven track record of building, scaling, and exiting consumer apps, having reached tens of millions of athletes through Strava after the Recover Athletics acquisition.

Scale & Impact

Linecook raised a $2.3M pre-seed round backed by founders of Strava, MyFitnessPal, WHOOP, and The Athletic, and launched into public beta in early 2026 with a mission to become the definitive record of the world's home-cooked meals.

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