Funding, deals, openings and people
Funding is marked Raised or Planned, and openings Opened or Planned; where the source does not make it clear the row says so. Chains come before single venues. Rows are pulled from news stories by an automated reader and kept only when every name and figure appears in the article. Each row links to its story; check the source before relying on a number.
Funding6 so far
| Story | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Hundo Pizza | Raised | Rs 7.5 crore | — | Titan Capital, Indian Silicon Valley Capital (ISVC), Ankur Rangnekar, Akshay Rangnekar, Haresh Chawla | Entrackr → |
| 12 Nov 2026 | Chowman | Planned | Rs 200 crore | first private equity round | — | ET Retail → |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Wow! Momo Foods | Planned | ₹250–300 crore | IPO | — | lapaasvoice.com → |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Harajuku Tokyo Café | Raised | $3 million | pre-Series A | Zero W, Indian Angel Network, Samved VC, Blume Founders Fund, Brijesh Parekh Family Office, Rahul Jain | Indian Startup News → |
| 3 Nov 2026 | The Croffle Guys | Raised | Rs 14 crore | — | V3 Ventures, N.A.N Partners | Entrackr → |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Unify Foodworks | Raised | Rs 5 crore | seed | — | ET HospitalityWorld → |
DealsAll 9 →
| Story | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Nirula's | BanyanTree Growth Capital, a Mumbai-based PE fund, acquired Nirula's in 2018 | — | Indian Retailer → |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Devyani International | CCI approves merger of Sapphire Foods India into Devyani International Limited. | — | Food Infotech → |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Wow! Momo Foods | Wow! Momo Foods partnered with Softlogic Corporation as master franchisee to launch the brand in Sri Lanka. | — | ET HospitalityWorld → |
| 23 Oct 2026 | Oodles Wok | Oodles Wok enters India through a strategic collaboration with FranGlobal, the international arm of Franchise India Group. | — | Indian Retailer → |
| 18 Oct 2026 | KFC | KFC is switching its U.S. restaurants from Pepsi to Coca-Cola beverages by spring 2027, ending a roughly 40-year partnership. | — | Franchise India → |
| 2 Nov 2026 | Sapphire Foods India | CCI approves merger of Sapphire Foods India with and into Devyani International, bringing KFC and Pizza Hut operations under one combined entity. | — | ET HospitalityWorld → |
| 1 Nov 2026 | Rebel Foods | Rebel Foods' Rebel Launcher partners with Naturals Ice Cream to launch and develop the brand via cloud kitchens across India. | — | ET HospitalityWorld → |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Coffee Buddy | Coffee Buddy entered India through a master franchise agreement with Franchise India. | — | Indian Retailer → |
OpeningsAll 50 →
| Story | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Chowman | Planned | — | 39 | Plans 39 new outlets across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad and Chennai by 2029 | ET Retail → |
| 7 Nov 2026 | Tarzan Jungle Cafe | Planned | Hyderabad | 100 | EBG Group to launch Tarzan Jungle Cafe; first flagship in Hyderabad by March 2027, targets 100+ outlets across India over three years | LiveChennai → |
| 6 Nov 2026 | Gola Sizzlers | Opened | Mussoorie | — | Gola Sizzlers opens latest outlet at Nirmal Ashram Estate, Mall Road, Kulri, Mussoorie | ET HospitalityWorld → |
| 6 Nov 2026 | Beanlore | Opened | Bengaluru | — | Beanlore opens its fourth outlet in Koramangala, set in an old bungalow over two floors | ET HospitalityWorld → |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Shiv Sagar | Opened | Thane | — | Shiv Sagar opens a food truck in Wagle Estate, Thane | ET HospitalityWorld → |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Libertario Coffee | Opened | Gurugram | — | Libertario Coffee opened its flagship outlet at DLF Summit Plaza, Golf Course Road, Gurugram, its second India location. | Indian Retailer → |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Theobroma | Opened | Mumbai | — | Theobroma opens new store at Dadar West, Mumbai. | Indian Retailer → |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Kulcha Patola | Opened | Chandigarh | — | Kulcha Patola opens flagship outlet in Chandigarh; brand operates across seven cities with more outlets signed. | India's News.Net → |
Franchise offers2 so far
| Story | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2026 | Tarzan Jungle Cafe | EBG Group plans company-operated flagships before expanding through franchising | over ₹2 crore | LiveChennai → |
| 15 Oct 2026 | The Dravidian | Ambros World Foods offers franchise partners a structured business model backed by operational systems and menu standardisation. | — | Restaurant India → |
People moves6 so far
| Story | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | Sumit Zaveri | Chief Executive Officer | Burger King India | — | MediaNews4U → |
| 5 Nov 2026 | Karan Sachdeva | Head of Operations – India | Pret A Manger | — | Indian Retailer → |
| 31 Oct 2026 | K. Riju Nair | brand head | Bombay Brasserie | Living Liquidz | ET HospitalityWorld → |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Gerald Dias | head of operations | Lenexis Foodworks | McDonald's | FnB News → |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Gaurav Thakore | head of business development | Lenexis Foodworks | Metro Brands Limited | FnB News → |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Gurmeet Singh Gujral | head of projects and maintenance | Lenexis Foodworks | ITC Fresh Food Business | FnB News → |