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Tag: WOW MOMO

FabIndia MD Backs An Emerging Fast Food Chain of India
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FabIndia MD Backs An Emerging Fast Food Chain of India

The ethnic wear brand FabIndia's managing director William Bissell has supposedly invested an amount of around Rs 3-4 crore in an offline fast food restaurant popularly known as Wow! Momo. Not only the technology-based and digital startups are bagging funds from investors, but also the offline businesses are no less. The Kolkata-based momo chain has its restaurants across the country and has recently been successful in grabbing funds from William Bissell who is the managing director of FabIndia. Wow! Momo is a fast food chain of restaurants with its headquarters in Kolkata. The firm basically specializes in momos and has a huge variety for the same. The branded momos chain has plans to build 300 outlets by the end of 2019. Wow! Momo Foods Pvt. Ltd. owns and operates take-away as well...
Wow! Momo raises Rs 44 crore from Lighthouse Funds, IAN
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Wow! Momo raises Rs 44 crore from Lighthouse Funds, IAN

Fast food chain Wow! Momo today said it has raised Rs 44 crore in series B funding from venture capital firm Lighthouse Funds and angel investor group Indian Angel Network (IAN). The latest round of funding led by Lighthouse Funds, which invests in mid-market consumer-driven firms, values the company at Rs 230 crore, the Kolkata-based firm said in a statement. Besides, it also provided "a highly profitable" exit to the tune of Rs 10 crore to some of the IAN investors who decided to sell their shares partly/completely to Lighthouse, it added. Commenting on the development, Wow! Momo co-founder and CEO Sagar Daryani said: "Funds raised in the current round will be used for expansion and building of back-end infrastructure for the brand." The company said it has a long-term goal of doing...