Mealawe, a foodtech startup, has raised $1 million from a combination of angel investors connected to firms like Oracle and Goldman Sachs, a network of Shark Tank founders, and foreign direct investment (FDI).
By growing women-led kitchens, bolstering corporate cafeteria solutions, and strengthening relationships for organic ingredient sourcing, the new funding will be utilized to scale operations.
Mealawe, which was founded by Rupesh Kumar and co-founders Pratap Haldar and Nikhil Jain, started out as a website that matched consumers with home cooks who prepared wholesome, homemade meals. As it grows, Mealawe is incorporating working women and home cooks into a structured kitchen model, preserving the essence of home-cooked meals while generating employment opportunities.
By working with farmers, Mealawe sources organic kitchen essentials like wood-pressed oils, bilona ghee, and organic masalas directly to ensure high-quality, nutrient-dense meals. This ensures sustainable agricultural practices and better food quality.
Mealawe has created a corporate cafeteria management platform that enables companies to serve premium meals without the hassle of complicated operations, in addition to meal delivery services. Employees can easily access meals with Mealawe’s virtual cafeteria solution, which is ideal for smaller businesses without physical cafeteria spaces.
Mealawe says that since its October 2022 launch, it has expanded quickly, delivering more than 30,000 meals every month.
Mealawe, which is now active in Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Kota, is gradually expanding across the country. With the goal of delivering one million meals a month, the company intends to expand into 14 cities over the course of the next ten to twelve months.
