Eat Quickly & Enjoy Seamless Royalty Swiftly with India's Emerging QSR Brands

Now let’s talk about those budding brands which are making their significant marks in this vast and diversified Food & Beverage industry

Mukunda Foods

Headquarter: Bangalore, Karnataka

Key Persons: Eshwar K Vikas, Sudeep Sabat, and Rakesh Patil

It is a kitchen tech company, which is disrupting the world of QSR, with modern AI and IOT driven automation. The company is constantly integrating new technologies aiming to assist the food service industry to standardize and scale-up the kitchen operations to serve the best to their customers.

The company provides effective automation solutions designed to simplify intricate and repetitive cooking tasks typically performed by skilled staff in food brands. These machines guarantee consistent taste across outlets by adhering to recipes and standard operating procedures (SOPs), thereby facilitating faster brand expansion.

During 2022, Foodtech unicorn Zomato has invested and acquired 16.6% stake of the company which valued the company at $30 million. With their immense efforts and love for innovation has helped them to mark their bright presence in 29 countries across the globe. Addressing challenges, creating sustainable products, and implementing technological advancements in the kitchen environment, they are constantly improving towards achieving their goals.

Chaayos: More than Just a Cup of Tea

Headquarter: New Delhi

Key Persons: Nitin Saluja and Raghav Verma

Tea or Chai with its different forms and variations becomes everyone’s favorite. A sip of this hot drink rejuvenates and nourishes our senses and provides us a string of electrifying energy to work. Using this sentiment of the Indian chai lovers this startup commenced their journey.

This brand is the brainchild of two IIT engineers, who wanted to try something new with the most known and loved drink of India. The startup offers 25 flavoured teas that can be customized in 12,000 diverse ways. Clients can also choose from a variety of add-on flavours.

A bunch of Indian and western snacks are also offered here which are mostly accompanied with tea, like maggie, sandwich, wada pav, samosa, bun maska, and different variety of chats. They have also started desserts to retain the faithful and repeat customers. After successfully completing the 14 funding rounds, it has raised $93.9 million. It also raised $303K in series C funding round in March 2023.

EatFit: Honestly Indian

Headquarter: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Key Persons: Ankit Nagori, Pradeep Sreeram, and Anand Ramachandran Prasanna

Ankit Nagori started a healthy food chain called Cure.fit, which is a diversified healthcare platform which is currently taking care of Eatfit- India’s largest healthy food platforms. This is an internet first food chain which offers well-balanced, nutritious meals right to your door, using fresh, local ingredients.

They prepare sumptuous Indian desi cuisines in a very healthy manner that is healthy at the same time it satisfies your taste buds. It also offers oatmeal bowls, burgers, sandwiches, egg rolls, paratha thali, desserts, and more.

EatFit has 2 institutional investors including Klub and Brand Capital. EatFit raised an undisclosed amount in its latest funding round, which was Seed funding round but they did not disclose the exact amount.

Faasos: We Got Your Food

Headquarter: Key Persons

Key Persons: Kallol Banerjee and Jaydeep Barman

The brand is owned by online restaurant unicorn Rebel Foods. Currently, the company is operating 160+ kitchens that provide meals from 4 different brands. The brand is working in every three stages of food on-demand which are ordering, distribution, and order fulfillment, in the realm of food and beverage business.

They started their journey with offering Kolkata rolls, but by now they have developed wide variety of wraps, rolls, frankies, and more number of Indian snacks. They have crafted their own app through which they accept online orders, prepare food for its customers, and deliver the same at their doorstep. The have grabbed an amount of $331 million.