Weber-Stephen Products, the popular maker of outdoor grills, has acquired the smart oven startup June for an undisclosed sum, it announced in a press release. June is the second smart cooking startup to be acquired by Weber, after iGrill which it acquired in 2016.

Before this acquisition, Weber and June were already partners on the Weber Connect Smart Grilling Hub that turns any grill into a ‘smart’ grill by connecting to a phone and guiding the users through the grilling process.

With June now being bought out in entirety, it’ll be housed under Weber which will presumably continue selling its products. The acquisition comes as June has begun shipping out its third-generation smart oven.

June was founded in 2013 by Matt Van Horn, a serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded the ride-hailing company Zimride that morphed into Lyft. The company is backed by some $30 million in venture funding from investors including the Amazon Alexa Fund, Lerer Hippeau, M13, and Lumia Capital.

Following its acquisition, June will operate as an independent unit under Weber led by its CEO Matt Van Horn.

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