Kitchenware startup Cumin Co raises $1.5M in funding spherical led by Fireplace Ventures

Kitchenware firm Cumin Co has secured $1.5 million in an funding spherical led by Fireplace Ventures, with participation from Huddle Ventures.

The funding will assist analysis and growth, product innovation, elevated manufacturing capability, and progress of its direct-to-consumer on-line presence.

ISB–Hyderabad alumni Niharika Joshi and Udit Lekhi based Cumin Co this 12 months after figuring out a spot available in the market for more healthy, baby-food-safe, toxin-free cookware for Indian kitchens.

“Kitchenware is without doubt one of the few classes that sits on the coronary heart of each residence, but it has seen little reimagination in a long time. Cumin Co is positioned to redefine this house by constructing a model that elevates on a regular basis cooking, modernises a stagnant class, and creates lasting client belief at world scale,” stated Shuchi Pandya, Principal at Fireplace Ventures.

The startup holds patents for its enamel-cast expertise and Enviromax four-layer enamel coating, which it says make its cookware rust- and stain-resistant, and capable of stand up to excessive warmth with out leaching metals or chemical compounds.

Cumin Co plans to broaden its portfolio with greater than 80 product launches by the year-end. Forward of the festive season, it’s going to introduce two new colors together with upgrades to fashionable gadgets from its flagship assortment.

The corporate says it has reached over 7,000 households in India and goals to broaden to greater than 100,000 throughout the subsequent 12 months.

“Our imaginative and prescient is to reimagine kitchenware by combining rigorous R&D with design and security,” the co-founders stated in a joint assertion, including that this funding permits the corporate to scale its innovation pipeline.