• Hunger

  Led · Equity · Oct 2025

  Founded in 2014 by Sameer Seth, Floyd Cardoz, and Yash Bhanage, Hunger Inc runs popular Mumbai restaurants Bombay Canteen, O Pedro, Veronica’s and Papa’s, publishes a food magazine, and retails Indian sweets and chocolates through Bombay Sweet Shop. Bombay Sweet Shop now accounts for more than half of group revenue and generates Rs 8–9 crore in monthly sales via five retail stores, 18 dark stores, its own site and aggregator partners Swiggy and Zomato. In FY 2025 the company posted Rs 115 crore in revenue with a 9% EBITDA margin and is projecting Rs 150 crore for FY 2026. The firm plans to use new capital to expand production facilities and supply-chain infrastructure while launching a flagship Bombay Sweet Shop in Delhi within 12–18 months. Hunger Inc is also ramping up B2B and institutional distribution, already supplying Starbucks, Oberoi Hotels and IndiGo airlines. The company emphasizes a team-oriented work culture across its growing multi-brand platform.

• Kushal's

  Led · Series B · Feb 2024

  Founded in 2006 by the Gulechha family, Kushal’s designs and retails fashion and silver jewellery for weddings, festivals, occasions and everyday wear. The company sells through 75+ stores across 25+ cities in India and via online channels. Kushal’s positions itself as a premium, on-trend fashion jewellery brand targeting aspirational consumers. The recent funding will be used to invest in brand building, technology, people and retail expansion. The round also facilitated a secondary buyout that provided a partial exit to an earlier institutional investor. The company is preparing for accelerated growth with Lighthouse as a strategic partner. Kushal’s Retail is a Bengaluru-based omni-channel fashion jewellery retailer that sells non-precious ethnic jewellery and fashion accessories under the Kushal’s brand. The Gulecha-family-owned company operates 43 exclusive brand outlets in shopping malls and high streets across southern India and runs an asset-light model. It competes in the direct-to-consumer jewellery space with players such as GIVA and Melorra. The company says the funds will be used to expand store presence, strengthen the online channel, invest in the brand and build a robust organization. India SME Investments was an earlier backer, having first invested in 2019, and the current transaction is said to have valued the company multiple times compared to that round. Motilal Oswal Private Equity committed Rs85 crore (~$11 million) in this round, while India SME Investments also infused additional, unspecified capital.

• Malcom Finance

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2022

  4Trans offers financial products that allow SME logistics companies and independent hauliers to access cash tied up in unpaid invoices, helping them manage daily operations and invest in growth. The company also partners with Allianz Trade to provide insurance products to its clients. To date it has financed 90,000 invoices totaling over €80m for supply chain and logistics SMEs. 4Trans plans to use new funds to strengthen its presence in Poland and Slovakia, expand its team, and make technological enhancements to its platform. The business is led by CEO Jaroslav Ton and CMO Alexandr Lagazzi. The company is based in Prague, Czech Republic. 4Trans is a Prague-based invoice factoring specialist that provides fast financing to European haulers. The company uses AI-driven data analysis and automation to offer up to 80% of an issued invoice in as little as five minutes, versus an industry-standard three months. It has processed more than 50,000 invoices and reports a pipeline accounting for over €30 million in financing. 4Trans says it has seen a 10x increase in monthly revenues since the beginning of the year. Its products target small and independent entrepreneurs in the European supply chain who face delayed payments and limited options from traditional banks. The recent financing is intended to further strengthen its market position within the region.

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