Six years building the right answer.
We lived the problem, then built the solution.
Two founders, both living the same problem: busy days, good food, and no decent way to eat it hot on the go. In 2019 we built the first prototype and took it to FIBO in Germany. A Kickstarter followed, and that made one thing clear: this was not just our problem to solve.
Kickstarter 2019
CES Las Vegas, and the world took notice.
We presented Steambox at CES Las Vegas at the Holland Pavilion. News outlets around the world picked up the story. The response confirmed what the Kickstarter had already told us: the freedom to eat real food anywhere is a universal need, not a niche one.
CES Las Vegas
The hardest year became the foundation.
COVID disrupted the supply chain and a manufacturer dropped out. We rebuilt from scratch, found a new production partner, and secured our first investors. Most hardware startups would have stopped here. We did not, because the problem we set out to solve had not gone away.
First investors on board
People eating better, every day.
After presenting at IFA Berlin, Steambox began shipping in 2023. Portable electric steam food heaters reached daily commuters, athletes, field workers, nurses, and travellers across more than 60 countries.
IFA Berlin, 60+ countries
From The Hague to the world's front pages.
Engadget, TechCrunch and the BBC all covered Steambox. A small team from The Hague, building something the world had not seen before: a portable food heater that lets you eat real food, the way it should taste, wherever you are.
Engadget, TechCrunch, BBC
We stopped. We listened. We rebuilt it properly.
By 2024 we faced a choice: keep selling a product we knew could be better, or go back to the core and rebuild. We chose to rebuild. We stripped out the battery and focused entirely on steam, the one thing that guarantees real food tastes the way it should.
Rebuilt around steam
More ways to eat well, wherever you are.
Steambox was the starting point, not the finish line. We are building a complete ecosystem, more products and more ways to make sure real food tastes the way it should, anywhere in the world. Everything we add has to earn its place.
New products, new markets, same mission
