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Consumer·Seed·2023·Active

Dil Foods

Reimagining cloud kitchens, with heart.

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Sector
Consumer
Stage
Seed
Year of investment
2023
Status
Active
Founders
Arpita Aditi

Overview

Dil Foods is rebuilding India's food delivery economy by turning neighborhood restaurants into multi-brand cloud kitchens — increasing earnings for chefs while delivering loved-by-locals food.

Why MJV invested

Every investment starts with the founding team. In Arpita we saw a repeat operator with deep conviction, operational excellence, and the ambition to build for the long term. Her ability to execute while staying obsessively customer-focused — and respectful of the chefs and kitchens that power the model — is what made this an investment we were excited to make. Dil's asset-light thesis flips cloud-kitchen economics on its head, and Arpita's clarity on why the previous generation of dark kitchens burned capital gave us confidence in the roadmap. We're backing a founder who is building the version of Indian food-tech that finally works for the chef, the customer, and the balance sheet at the same time.

  • 01

    Asset-light unit economics — profitable per kitchen from month one

  • 02

    Chef-first model with measurable income uplift

  • 03

    Founder repeat-operator from Dineout (acq. by Times Internet)

Founders

Press & Media

  1. Economic Times — Dil Foods raises $7.5 million in funding
  2. YourStory — Dil Foods raises Rs 72 Cr in Series B round
  3. Indian Startup News — Shark Tank India judges to invest Rs 2 crore in Dil Foods

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