# Bo Davis

> Bo Davis is the co-founder and CEO of MarginEdge, an Arlington, Virginia restaurant management and bill-payment platform he launched in 2015 with fellow restaurateur Roy Phillips. Before software, Davis ran restaurants - he founded Wasabi, a group of conveyor-belt sushi spots in D.C. and Boston. Before restaurants, he sold an education software company, Prometheus, to Blackboard in 2002 and served in the Peace Corps in Macedonia. MarginEdge, which turns a shoebox of restaurant invoices into real-time cost data, has raised more than $120 million and serves thousands of restaurants across North America.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at MarginEdge
- **Organizations:** MarginEdge, Wasabi, Prometheus, U.S. Peace Corps
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** M.S. in Finance, London Business School, Master's in Artificial Intelligence, Northwestern University
- **Known for:** Built and sold Prometheus, an education software company, to Blackboard in 2002, Founded Wasabi conveyor-belt sushi restaurants across D.C. and Boston, Co-founded MarginEdge, raising more than $122M in total funding

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Macedonia
- **2002** — Sold his education software company, Prometheus, to Blackboard
- **2005** — Founded Wasabi, a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant group in Washington, D.C. and Boston
- **2015** — Co-founded MarginEdge with Roy Phillips
- **2021** — MarginEdge closed an oversubscribed $18M Series B
- **2022** — Raised $45M Series C led by Ten Coves Capital; company moved to Ballston, Arlington

## Achievements

- Built and sold Prometheus, an education software company, to Blackboard in 2002
- Founded Wasabi conveyor-belt sushi restaurants across D.C. and Boston
- Co-founded MarginEdge, raising more than $122M in total funding
- Grew MarginEdge to thousands of restaurant clients across the U.S. and Canada
- Platform processes roughly 80,000 invoices per week representing billions in purchasing
- Member of the Forbes Technology Council

## Latest updates

- **2022-12** — MarginEdge raised a $45M Series C led by Ten Coves Capital and announced a move to Ballston in Arlington.
- **2023-09** — Davis published a Forbes Technology Council piece on generative AI in accounting and bookkeeping.

## Links

- Website: https://www.marginedge.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davis-bo
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/marginedge
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/marginedgeco/

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