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• Bengaluru-based health food startup The Kenko Life raised seed funding led by Rainmatter, Zerodha’s health-focused investment arm.
• The funds will help expand operations, enhance product offerings, and scale technology-driven personalized nutrition.
• Kenko plans to expand to Hyderabad and launch new protein-rich, low-calorie product lines.

Bengaluru-based The Kenko Life, a health-first food company founded by Neeraj Kumar and Vivek Chandran, has raised seed funding to strengthen its growth and expand its footprint. The round was led by Rainmatter, Zerodha’s health investment fund, with participation from angel investor Aniketh Jain and early backer R. Raghunathan, Co-founder of Prizm Payment Services.

Founded in 2023, Kenko has quickly become one of Bengaluru’s leading healthy meal subscription platforms. The company currently serves over 800 active subscribers, operates four cafés, and delivers more than 21,000 meals a month, achieving 300% year-on-year revenue growth. Its approach blends nutrition science with everyday convenience, creating balanced, home-style meals that appeal to health-conscious urban consumers.

With this funding, Kenko plans to deepen operations in Bengaluru and expand to Hyderabad. The company will also invest in product innovation, including clean-ingredient desserts and calorie-counted Indian Thalis. It aims to strengthen kitchen capacity, last-mile delivery, and tech infrastructure to personalize food experiences via its upcoming app.

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Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO of Zerodha, said, “Healthy food in India has often been boring or unaffordable. Kenko is changing that by making it tasty, accessible, and nutritionally right”.

Kenko plans to launch two new product lines, Protein-Packed Low-Calorie Desserts and High-Protein Indian Thali Meals and scale up to six cafés within two years.