Johann Moonesinghe

Chief Executive Officer @ inKind

About

With over 15 years of experience in the restaurant and tech industries, I am passionate about creating innovative solutions that empower local restaurants and connect them with loyal customers. As the CEO and co-founder of inKind, I lead the largest local restaurant marketplace in the country, offering the best financing to restaurants and enabling them to attract high spend guests. I believe in supporting independent restaurant operators and helping them thrive in a competitive and challenging environment.In addition to my role at inKind, I am also a restaurant owner and investor. I opened Ember, a live fire restaurant, in 2023 to showcase the benefits of using inKind financing and landlord funding instead of investors or debt. I also use Ember as a testing ground for new partnerships, products, and technologies that I can recommend to the 7,000+ restaurants in the inKind network.Through my family office, I have invested in over 30 restaurants, dozens of early stage tech companies, and a few real estate projects. I love supporting entrepreneurs and being as helpful as possible to their growth and success.

Country

United States

City

Austin

Industry

Restaurants

Skill

Experience

Chief Executive Officer

inKind

2014-3 - Present · 12 yrs 7 mos

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

- CEO and co-founder providing financing and marketing support to growing hospitality groups - Designed and implemented a unique form of financing based on experience owning and operating a restaurant in Washington, DC. - Deployed $600M to over 6,000 hospitality venues. - Oversees team of 170 employees. - Loss rates of less than 1%. - Clients include Cameron Mitchell Restaurants (45 restaurants), True Food Kitchen (62 restaurants), Xperience Restaurant Group (48 restaurants).

Owner/Officer

RDM Hospitality

2022-3 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

Austin, Texas, United States

- Restaurant group specializing in creating high-end, high-energy restaurants, including The Guest House (Austin, Las Vegas, Scottsdale) and Ember Kitchen in Austin. - 4.9 stars on Google, highest grossing restaurant in downtown Austin. Created blueprint for reinvigorating town center strip mall.

Managing Director

Firefly, LLC

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

Austin, Texas, United States

- Personal investment fund. - Invested in over 30 hospitality businesses and dozens of early-stage technology companies. - Investment highlights include: Uber, Sendgrid, Twilio.

Founders Circle Member

MAD

2021-1 - 2025-12 · 5 yrs

- Non-profit founded in 2011 by René Redzepi, chef and owner of restaurant noma that inspires and empowers cooks, servers, and eaters to create sustainable change. - Bi-monthly meetings to discuss and help shape training programs and the MAD Academy. - Work with other prominent restaurant industry professionals to develop programming

Board Member

The MINA Group

2021-3 - 2024-3 · 3 yrs 1 mo

- Restaurant group specializing in creating and operating upscale, innovative restaurant concepts, led by Founder and award-winning Chef Michael Mina. Operating since 2003, Mina Group currently manages more than 40 concepts around the world. - Oversight of group operations and strategic decision on expansion.

Owner/Operator

PREQUEL LLC

2015-4 - 2019-12 · 4 yrs 9 mos

918 F Street NW Washington DC 20007

- Restaurant incubator and event space that incubated many concepts, including six that went on to open their own locations in Washington D.C. - Worked with D.C. government to successfully launch the first oﬀering under its equity crowdfunding regulations.

Chief Executive Officer

EquityEats

2015-4 - 2017-3 · 2 yrs

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

- CEO and co-founder of the first equity-based crowdfunding platform for restaurants. - Worked with D.C. government to successfully launch first oﬀering under its equity crowdfunding regulations.

Solutions Architect

Ntrepid LLC

2009-10 - 2015-3 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Herndon, Virginia, United States

- Mission-driven provider of cutting-edge managed attribution technology solutions for government and enterprise to discreetly and safely conduct sophisticated online operations in the most hostile online environments. - Technical sales working in tandem with the main sales team. - Managed team of developers to ensure prompt delivery of products and enhancements.