ZFW, a Dark Store platform for D2C, and food and beverage brands (F&B), has raised $415,000 in a pre-seed round from a clutch of marquee startup founders and angels.
New investors include founders of well-known brands like Epigamia (Rahul Jain and Uday Thakker), Renee Cosmetics, Beardo (Ashutosh Valani and Priyank Shah), Dr. Vaidya’s (Arjun Vaidya), NOTO (Varun Sheth), and financial services group Ashika, among other angels.
In an official statement, the Delhi-based startup said it plans to use these funds to scale operations into South India, accelerate hiring, and build a robust tech platform. As part of its next phase, ZFW aims to launch more than 500 dark stores across all major metro and mini-metro markets by the end of 2022.