When Abe Fetterman built his girlfriend Lisa an immersion circulator cooker, he had no idea what he was getting into.
His gift sparked Nomiku, a Mission District-based tech company that’s raised over half a million dollars from Kickstarter. The company has sold almost 15,000 devices—which allow home chefs to cook vacuum sealed food at a precise temperature—to customers across the world.
Along the way, Lisa and Abe got married and had a baby. The story of their business is also the story of their courtship. You can hear that story below.