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In April 2020, Gousto raised £33m in funding from Perwyn, BGF Ventures, and MMC Ventures, and Joe Wicks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-16|title=Gousto secures £33m investment as coronavirus boosts business|url=https://www.cityam.com/recipe-box-firm-gousto-secures-33m-investment-as-coronavirus-boosts-business/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=CityAM|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gousto, a UK meal-kit service, raises another $41M as business booms under lockdown|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/04/15/gousto-a-uk-meal-kit-service-raises-another-41m-as-business-booms-under-lockdown/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Radojev2020-04-17T06:29:00|first=Hugh|title=Gousto secures £33m investment as coronavirus boosts sales|url=https://www.retail-week.com/grocery/gousto-secures-33m-investment-as-coronavirus-boosts-sales/7034639.article|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Retail Week|language=en}}</ref> |
In April 2020, Gousto raised £33m in funding from Perwyn, BGF Ventures, and MMC Ventures, and Joe Wicks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-16|title=Gousto secures £33m investment as coronavirus boosts business|url=https://www.cityam.com/recipe-box-firm-gousto-secures-33m-investment-as-coronavirus-boosts-business/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=CityAM|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gousto, a UK meal-kit service, raises another $41M as business booms under lockdown|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/04/15/gousto-a-uk-meal-kit-service-raises-another-41m-as-business-booms-under-lockdown/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Radojev2020-04-17T06:29:00|first=Hugh|title=Gousto secures £33m investment as coronavirus boosts sales|url=https://www.retail-week.com/grocery/gousto-secures-33m-investment-as-coronavirus-boosts-sales/7034639.article|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Retail Week|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Awards == |
== Awards == |
Revision as of 21:39, 26 June 2020
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Gousto | |
Industry | Meal kit |
Founded | 12 April 2012 |
Founder | Timo Boldt[1][2] James Carter[3][4] |
Headquarters | |
Area served | South East England, Midlands, North West England, the South Coast of England and most of Yorkshire, South West England, South Wales and Scotland. |
Number of employees | 50000+ |
Website | www |
Gousto, a trading name of SCA Investments Limited, is a British meal kit retailer, headquartered in Shepherds Bush, London, founded by Timo Boldt and James Carter[5] in June 2012. Gousto supplies subscribers with recipe kit boxes which include ready-measured, fresh ingredients and easily followed recipes.[6]
It has been voted best recipe kit service by the Independent,[7] the Guardian,[8] the Metro and Time Out London.[9]
In August 2013, Gousto's co-founders appeared on the BBC's Dragons' Den.[10]
In December 2015, Gousto raised £9m in funding from BGF Ventures, MMC Ventures, Unilever Ventures and the Angel Co-Fund,[11] with a further £10m in November 2016.[12][13][14]
In October 2016, Gousto's co-founder Timo Boldt was awarded IGD's 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year' award.[15]
In January 2019, Gousto raised £18m in funding from Unilever Ventures, Hargreave Hale, MMC Ventures, the Angel CoFund, and fitness coach Joe Wicks.[16][17]
In July 2019, Gousto raised £30m in funding from private equity firm Perwyn.[18]
In February 2020, Gousto partnered with UK-based The Meatless Farm Company to build upon Gousto's objective of tapping into the growing audience of vegan and other consumers looking to reduce their meat consumption.[19]
In April 2020, Gousto raised £33m in funding from Perwyn, BGF Ventures, and MMC Ventures, and Joe Wicks.[20][21][22]
Awards
The company won Retail Business of the Year at the 2015 Startups awards,[23] the Angel-VC Deal of the Year at the 2015 UK Business Angels Association Awards,[24] the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award (CEO and founder, Timo Boldt) at the 2014 Great British Entrepreneur Awards,[25] and the Everline Future50 at the 2014 Real Business Awards.[26]
See also
References
- ^ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Unilever again invests in meal-kit firm Gousto". www.just-food.com. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Unilever again invests in meal-kit firm Gousto". www.just-food.com. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Gousto, nationwide, visit www.gousto.co.uk (From The Argus)
- ^ Hancock, Alice (2020-05-08). "Recipe box sales surge under lockdown". FT.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Kate Wills (20 August 2015). "Home-delivered gourmet meals cut out shopping and prep time - but are they worth the money?". The Independent. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Insley, Jill (30 November 2012). "Hello Fresh and Gousto – which is better?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ Isabelle Aron (11 February 2016). "The best recipe boxes in London: tried and tested". Time Out London. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- ^ BBC Two - Dragons' Den
- ^ Gousto raises 9m from BGF and others
- ^ Barber, Lynsey (2016-11-03). "Recipe box startup Gousto gobbles up millions more in funding". Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ O'Hear, Steve. "Gousto, the UK cook-at-home recipe kit service, serves up further £10M in funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ "Recipe kit delivery startup Gousto has raised £10 million to help it take on HelloFresh". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ "IGD Awards 2016 - Winners". www.igd.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ "Gousto cooks up £18m funding and signs up 'The Body Coach' Joe Wicks". CityAM. 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Body Coach star Wicks backs Gousto as online meal kit firm secures more funds". ITV News. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Recipe box company Gousto secures £30m funding". CityAM. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Meatless Farm partners with Gousto to expand plant-based foodservice footprint". .foodingredientsfirst.com/. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Gousto secures £33m investment as coronavirus boosts business". CityAM. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Gousto, a UK meal-kit service, raises another $41M as business booms under lockdown". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ Radojev2020-04-17T06:29:00, Hugh. "Gousto secures £33m investment as coronavirus boosts sales". Retail Week. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Home - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business". startups.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- ^ "The UKBAA & BVCA Award for Angel-VC Deal Of The Year: Gousto | UK Business Angels Association". www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ "2014 Winners - The Great British Entrepreneur Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ "Everline Future 50: Gousto - Real Business". realbusiness.co.uk. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
- Gousto dinner box firm lands investment boost
- Gousto raises further investment through the Angel CoFund
- Q&A: Gousto's chief executive and co-founder Timo Schmidt | Analysis | Retail Week
- FoodBev.com | News | Dinner kit specialist Gousto partners with Ocado