IAN Invests in Grohood, a Neighborhood Community Buying Platform
The Bangalore-based company will be utilizing the funds to strengthen and expand their in-house teams.

Grohood, a Neighborhood community buying platform, raised an undisclosed amount in its pre-seed round from Indian Angel Network (IAN). The company will use the capital to build its team, and enhance its technological capabilities within the supply chain.

The social e-commerce platform wants to capture a 1% Market Share in India for fresh perishables in gated apartments which amounts to INR 2.73 billion. Founded in May 2019, Grohood’s goal is to enable suppliers to provide just-harvested/ produce fresh perishable items to 300 million urban families daily at a genuine price with bulk buying advantages without any storage.

With 3 patents and a unique supply chain solution, Grohood is enabling Zero Packaging, Zero Wastage and Zero Warehouse in delivering fresh perishables to consumers. A brainchild of Prince Jose and Prem Chand, Grohood drew its inspiration when one of its founding members started getting fresh vegetables, fruits, and other produce items at a genuine price from one of his neighbors.

Presently serving more than 14 residential societies in Bangalore, Grohood has an expansion plan within Bangalore and further in Tier 1 cities like Mumbai.

Grohood is a tech startup that provides a community buying platform for customers and suppliers, mostly for perishable items. The platform uses a unique proprietary solution for non-impulsive buyers.


Speaking about the funding, Prem Chand, co-founder, Grohood said, "At Grohood, we are passionate about enabling suppliers to provide just-harvested/produced fresh, mostly perishable items to 300 million urban families daily at a genuine price with bulk buying advantages without any storage. Current fund utilization would be to launch Grohood platform service for the entire Bangalore and make replicas ready for another Tier1 city."

"Bringing the native fresh, just-harvested perishable items to your community pickup point at a locally competitive price is a promising business model. As an emerging e-commerce model, community group buying improves the bargaining power of consumers. We are delighted to back a startup which is working on the sustainable model, and may help in minimizing the impact of the business operations on the environment", Padmaja Ruparel, co-founder, IAN said.

About Indian Angel Network:

Indian Angel Network is India’s first and world’s largest business angel network with close to 500 members across the world, comprising the who’s who of successful entrepreneurs and dynamic CEOs. With investors from 12 countries, IAN’s presence spans 7 locations, which includes cities in India and the UK. The network is sector agnostic and has funded start-ups across 19 sectors in India and 7 other countries growing global footprint companies. With an excellent track record, IAN has been giving excellent cash exits year-on-year to its investor members, for the last 12 years. Some of its marquee investee companies include Druva, Spinny, Box8, Uniphore, WOW Momos, Consure, Fareye, NOCCARC, Propelld, Skit.ai amongst many others.




IAN Fund, an INR 375 crore VC fund is a uniquely differentiated seed/early stage Fund that aims to transform India’s entrepreneurial landscape. The fund invests in innovative companies in sectors including healthcare and medical devices, VR, AI, software as a service, marketplaces, fin-tech, big data, artificial intelligence, agritech, and hardware. With this, IAN has created the single largest platform for seed and early-stage investing, enabling entrepreneurs to raise from Rs. 25 lakhs to Rs. 50 crores.

About Grohood:

Grohood, a tech startup that provides a community buying platform for customers and suppliers, mostly for perishable items. The platform uses a unique proprietary solution for non-impulsive buyers. Community group buying is a new eCommerce model that takes the residential community as a unit. This is a tried-and-true business model innovation that relies on a demand aggregation model to help with forecasting, last-mile delivery, and customer acquisition. The Grohood platform launched on September 2021 and is growing very fast. It is currently successfully serving more than 14 communities in Bangalore.

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