Jul 29, 2020

The Bangalore-based startup, MonkeyBox, owned by MonkeyBox Food Tech Pvt. Ltd, which delivers nutritious food to school children in Bengaluru has acquired Delhi-based cold-pressed juice manufacturer and delivery firm RawKing. The Gurgaon-based firm, Rawking was launched in 2014 and claims to be a 100% Raw-Undiluted-Cold pressed Juice manufacturing and delivery service. The company also offers a host of  Juice Delivery packages that can be availed as Daily, Weekly or Monthly deliveries. ADVERTISEMENT On the acquisition, Navneet Misra, Co-Founder, RawKing, said: We’re honoured to partner with such laser focused team at MonkeyBox in helping build better generation next Monkeybox was started in 2015 by Sanjay Rao and Sandeep K N. The inspiration behind starting the company was that they themselves were looking to solve their own concern of providing daily nutritious freshly-prepared meals to their kids in school. The company delivers meal boxes to kids thrice a day directly to their schools. The company was started as an experiment with friends within the community and today claims to have expanded to serving 1500 parents and 25-schools in South Bengaluru. Commenting on the company, Sanjay Rao, Co-founder of MonkeyBox, said: We are excited to bring RawKing’s products into the MonkeyBox family. Navneet’s strong focus towards quality has helped achieve a reputation from his customers, most of whom have signed up on a subscription model. We look forward to leveraging our joint understanding of food and kids preferences to integrate into our product offering and significantly grow the business. Last November, MonkeyBox had raised an undisclosed amount in seed investment led by early-stage investor Blume Venture Advisors Pvt. Ltd. A clutch of high-net-worth individuals had also participated in the round. On the acquisition, Ashish Fafadia, Chief Financial Officer of Blume Ventures, which is an investor in MonkeyBox, said: This acquisition of RawKing will allow Monkeybox to expand the product offering while holding true to their values as they help kids to eat healthy and appreciate nutritious food The acquisition aligns perfectly with MonkeyBox’s focused nutrition strategy. Also, it fulfills the company’s mission to make parents life easier, produce delicious food with less impact on the environment and promote healthy eating. Share this: