Meal service provider Start-up Yummy Plate raises $2 million in Seed Funding

B2B startup plans to utilize the funds for its growth and expansion plans

August 22,2023: Yummy Plate, a start-up firm with subscription-based meal service provider for schools has raised seed funding round of $2 million from K12 Techno Services Pvt. Ltd, a leading educational services platform, offering a suite of services and solutions to schools. Yummy plate will be utilizing these funds for its growth and expansion plans across India.

Started in 2022, the startup is currently catering its meal services to 30+ schools in Bengaluru on a subscription-based model. With more than 3000 students being provided nutritious meals every day, the startup plans to expand its operations to 5 cities with the funding. These cities include Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Delhi. The startup is targeting to cater to 100+ schools and increase the subscription base to 20,000 students in the next year and within 3 years, it plans to establish a pan-India presence.

Speaking on the funding round, Bala Hariharan, Founder of Yummy Plate said, “Our goal is to provide home cooked and nutritious meals made out of traditional, local and season ingredients to students all across India. We have been receiving positive feedback from the parents so far, and we would like to provide the best suitable meals that fulfill all nutritional needs of students in their growing years. Through this funding, we are confident of being able to expand our services across different cities and achieve our goals even further.”

Commenting on this development, Jai Decosta, CEO, K12 Techno Services Pvt Ltd. said, “We felt that there was a gap in the market in terms of supplying good quality nutritious food in schools for the students and Yummy Plate fills this gap perfectly.  They are doing tremendous amount of work in order to provide high quality and healthy meal service to school students across Bengaluru. As we believe in providing the best possible facilities for students for their overall growth. Our goals align with those of Yummy Plates. We are happy to associate with them and  confident that they will grow by leaps and bounds.”