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Gousto
IndustryInternet retail
Founded12 April 2012 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderTimo Boldt, James Carter
Area served
South East England, Midlands, North West England, the South Coast of England and most of Yorkshire, South West England and South Wales
Number of employees
200+
Websitewww.gousto.co.uk

Gousto is a British Internet retailer, headquartered in Shepherds Bush, London. The company was founded by Timo Boldt and James Carter[1] in June 2012.

Gousto offers recipe kit boxes which include fresh ingredients and step-by-step, chef-designed recipes. It has been voted best recipe kit service by the Independent,[2] the Guardian,[3] the Metro and Time Out London.[4]

The company won Retail Business of the Year at the 2015 Startups awards,[5] the Angel-VC Deal of the Year at the 2015 UK Business Angels Association Awards,[6] the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award (CEO and founder, Timo Boldt) at the 2014 Great British Entrepreneur Awards,[7] and the Everline Future50 at the 2014 Real Business Awards.[8]

In August 2013, Gousto's co-founders appeared on the BBC's Dragons' Den.[9]

In December 2015, Gousto raised £9m in funding from BGF Ventures, MMC Ventures, Unilever Ventures and the Angel Co-Fund.[10]

In October 2016, Gousto's co-founder Timo Boldt was awarded IGD's 'Young Entrerperur of the Year' award.[11]

In November 2016, Gousto raised a further £10m funding from BGF Ventures, MMC Ventures, Unilever Ventures and the Angel Co-Fund.[12][13][14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gousto, nationwide, visit www.gousto.co.uk (From The Argus)
  2. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/homedelivered-gourmet-meals-cut-out-shopping-and-prep-time--but-are-they-worth-the-money-10464471.html
  3. ^ Insley, Jill. "Hello Fresh and Gousto – which is better?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. ^ "The best recipe boxes in London: tried and tested". Time Out London. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  5. ^ "Home - Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business". startups.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  6. ^ "The UKBAA & BVCA Award for Angel-VC Deal Of The Year: Gousto | UK Business Angels Association". www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  7. ^ "2014 Winners - The Great British Entrepreneur Awards". Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  8. ^ "Everline Future 50: Gousto - Real Business". realbusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  9. ^ BBC Two - Dragons' Den
  10. ^ Gousto raises 9m from BGF and others
  11. ^ "IGD Awards 2016 - Winners". www.igd.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  12. ^ Barber, Lynsey (2016-11-03). "Recipe box startup Gousto gobbles up millions more in funding". Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  13. ^ O'Hear, Steve. "Gousto, the UK cook-at-home recipe kit service, serves up further £10M in funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  14. ^ "Recipe kit delivery startup Gousto has raised £10 million to help it take on HelloFresh". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-11-09.


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