Startups brace for dry season: Growth-stage players stuck with valuation difficultiesEarly-stage startups are continuing to garner funds, despite venture capitalists treading with caution, but growth-stage players are findin...
FreshMenu raises Rs 110 crore in new round of fundingThe deal values the startup at around Rs 300 crore ($45 million) according to two people with knowledge of the development.
Faasos raises Rs 200 crore in fresh funding at a time of gloom for on-demand food startupsFaasos Food Services has raised $30 million (about Rs 200 crore), managing to secure funds at a time when several of its competitors are fo...
Online food-ordering startup Swiggy in talks to raise around $40 millionOnline food-ordering startup Swiggy is in advanced talks to raise $35-40 million (Rs230-265 crore) from internal investors like Accel Partn...
Jubilant FoodWorks plans to hire 5,000 employees in FY16, invest Rs 200 croreThe company, which is already a 30,000-people strong organisation, is looking to invest about Rs 200 crore for its expansion plans.
Ruthless layoffs won’t make hiring easy for startupsAs startups including Zomato and TinyOwl let go of employees because of changed strategies or shrinking funds, experts warn that the recent...
Expected layoffs at Zomato latest sign of turbulence in food-technology industryThe expected layoffs at online restaurant-discovery platform Zomato are only the latest sign of turbulence in the food-technology industry.
Food delivery startups like Dazo feel the heat, some shutdown operationsSpoonJoy, Bengaluru-based online food service venture that raised $1 mn in May, shut down its Delhi operations last week and has started sc...
Funding slowdown takes a toll on food-tech startups like Eatlo, FreshMenu, FrshEatlo, FreshMenu and Frsh do not have money to sustain operations beyond a few months as they are unable to raise fresh rounds of funding.
Gurgaon-based food-tech company Yumist launches operations in BengaluruYumist has recently hired Rahul Mishra, responsible for kitchen operations who comes from Continental Kitchen, a kitchen manufacturing comp...
Eatlo raises second round of angel fundingBengaluru-based food-tech company Eatlo, has raised its second round of angel funding from Powai Lake Ventures, Abhishek Goyal of Tracxn La...
Box 8: Company that packages daily food in easy-to-consume formatBox8, which raised Rs 21 crore from Mayfield Fund earlier in May, plans to launch services in other metro cities, and expects its order val...
Virtual bites: Challenges of online restaurant startupsEatlo is one of India’s 65 internet-restaurant startups that have mushroomed in under a year, mostly catering to busy urban Indians.
Norwest Venture Partners to invest Rs 96 crore in food delivery startupSwiggy also saw interest from New York-based investment firm Tiger Global Management, but Norwest has clinched the deal, said two of the so...
Restaurant chain Mast Kalandar launches mobile-based delivery only serviceCurrently in beta phase, the service is catering to the city's Koramangala area. The firm plans to roll this out to other parts of Bengalur...
Now get a full meal at half the priceCompanies such as SpoonJoy, FreshMenu, Yumist and Frsh are emerging to grab a hearty slice of the sector and are slowly becoming a favourit...
Food portals flavour of the season for venture capital investorsThe eating out market presents a large opportunity for entrepreneurs as it is expected to reach $78 billion by 2018, according to consultin...