Dan Rowe brings an unusually hands-on restaurant operating background to venture investing, having started as a dishwasher and cook before becoming a franchisee who helped grow a bagel concept to 200 units and later built Qdoba into a national brand. He specializes in finding small concepts with long lines serving underserved demographics like Middle Eastern or Indian food and scaling them nationally through his combined roles as founder of Fransmart and co-managing partner of The Kitchen Fund. Dan Rowe brings an unusually hands-on restaurant operating background to venture investing, having started as a dishwasher and cook before becoming a franchisee who helped grow a bagel concept to 200 units and later built Qdoba into a national brand. He specializes in finding small concepts with long lines serving underserved demographics like Middle Eastern or Indian food and scaling them nationally through his combined roles as founder of Fransmart and co-managing partner of The Kitchen Fund.