Wednesday, November 6

Hungry Foal Raises Funding From GAIL India’s Startup Initiative ‘Pankh’

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]urugram based nutrition enriched food manufacturing startup Hungry Foal has secured a Pre-Series A funding from GAIL (India) Ltd  under GAIL’s startup initiative ‘Pankh’.

The agreements were exchanged at ‘Startup Sangam’ – an event organized by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the presence of Shri Dharmendar Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt of India at The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, INDIA.

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The funds will be used for market expansion, technology and production ramp up, the company told in a press statement.

JV Foodworks Pvt Ltd owned Hungry Foal was started 15 months ago, developed its products in technical collaborations with the scientists at SINED – TBI, NDRI, Karnal.


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“Our products are available at approx 35%-40% lower cost (25g @ Rs.5) in its class and category. All our products are being sold via mom & pop stores (Kirana stores) in Delhi / NCR,” said Vivek Kaushik, CEO and founder Hungry Foal.

A Govt of India recognized Startup (DIPP3645), JV Foodworks Pvt Ltd, is making nutrition tasty, affordable and accessible to all. Hungry Foal, a bootstrapped venture, had earlier raised funds from Angels and State Bank of India ( under Stand Up India Policy, Govt . of India ).

In line with Govt of India’s vision of #MalnutritionFreeIndia, the startup is aiming for all women & children to be free from nutritional deficiencies in all its forms.