Goldbelly was founded by Joe Ariel, the site was accepted into Y-Combinator in 2013 but was never funded.
In 2013, Goldbelly closed on $3 million seed funding led by Intel Capital. 
In October 2018, the company changed their name from Goldbely (with one L) to Goldbelly (with two Ls), raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Enlightened Hospitality Investments, the fund formed by Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, and had Danny Meyer join the company's advisory board. 
