The Chope Group has announced funding of $8 million led by Asia-based investment company F&H Fund Management.
Chope is an online restaurant platform enabling users to make confirmed reservations. The company also provides marketing services to restaurants across Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Bangkok.
NSI Ventures, the venture arm of Northstar Group, also participated in the round, which is Chope's largest to date. Other investors in the round include DSG Consumers Partners, Frontier Ventures and Singapore Press Holdings.
The company bagged $2.5 million in Series B funding just over two years ago which was on top of about $1.1 million in a Series A round in 2012.
According to a statement, the company has grown rapidly and claims to have more than doubled revenue.
The funding will help speed up expansions to more cities in Asia as well as accelerate product innovation.
Other recent milestones for Chope include an Apple Watch application as well as 'What's Happening' functionality enabling users to see where friends have dined.
Late last year Chope acquired queuing service Ticktok and has since integrated its technology into the platform.
Speaking of the potential for the online restaurant market, chief executive Arrif Ziaudeen say:
"Thousands of restaurants still use paper, and a lot of education is needed to make them realize the potential of being available to mobile-toting diners 24/7."
The online restaurant sector has been on the radar of big players in the past year with Concur's Perfect Trip fund investing in Table8, TripAdvisor acquiring La Fourchette and Priceline swooping on OpenTable.