The company will use the fresh capital to invest in geographic expansion and technological interventions that will improve the overall customer experience, enhance strategic partnerships and expand the reach of the brand, the company said in a press statement.
PescaFresh, which is currently present in Mumbai, will enter the Pune market in May and will soon start its operations in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru as well.
Founded in 2004 by Sangram Sawant, Pescafresh works on a farm-to-fork business model. The brand owns the entire back-end supply chain including cold chain control, procurement, processing and warehousing. The company is looking to introduce 100 new products.
The company is building three processing plants which will be completed by the end of this calendar year.
Sangram Sawant, Founder, Pescafresh said, “We aim to leverage our processing capabilities and expand into new Tier-I markets by the end of the current financial year.
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