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Raw Pressery raises Rs 65 crore from Sequoia, Saama, Others

Monday, 21 May 2018, 19:48 IST
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Si TeamOrganic cold-pressed juice and beverage maker Raw Pressery has finalized an investment of Rs 65 crore (about $10 million) from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Saama Capital and DSG Consumer Partners as it looks to expand its footprint across international markets significantly.

The four-year-old beverage maker is also in talks with family offices and institutional investors to raise an additional $5 million as part of this funding round, which is likely to close in the next 1-2 months.

With this, the total capital raised by the firm stands at about Rs 152 crore, not counting the $5 million (Rs 34 crore) that it is yet to finalize.



Raw Pressery had last raised $6 million from the three existing investors in October 2017.

Founded in 2013, the Mumbai-based consumer startup is looking to use the capital to expand its international footprint to Southeast Asia as also strengthen its distribution and supply chain as it looks to scale new offerings.

Raw Pressery had last raised $6 million from the three existing investors in October 2017



“We are looking to start a pilot of our operations in Southeast Asia starting with Singapore and then Kuala Lumpur. We will go live in these markets next year,” CEO Anuj Rakyan told ET. RAW Pressery is also in the process of setting up a production plant in West Asia to expand its recently launched operations in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai.

The firm has also been receiving investor interest from global strategic players and family offices and is likely to close a larger round of investment by FY19-end.

Raw Pressery claims to have grown 120% in FY18 and is looking to grow revenues by about 112% in FY19. The ‘clean-label beverage’ brand is also looking to expand its retail touch points in India to 6,000 by FY19 end from the current 2,000 that it is available in.