Pocketfood
There are not enough lunch options in african workspaces. This leaves staff with a poor diet, fatigue and time wasted on finding affordable and sufficient meal options daily. At the moment, employees are eating from questionable local street vendors or spending more than 50% of their pay check on online food platforms or spending the little time they have at home making meals. Pocketfood automates access to healthy eating. Pocketfood is an AI powered cloud kitchen that provides meal planning and delivery, promoting a healthier lifestyle among busy professionals. Pocketfood saves users $55 on food delivery per month, reduces their annual food spend by 40% while delivering healthy meals on autopilot.
Pocketfood
There are not enough lunch options in african workspaces. This leaves staff with a poor diet, fatigue and time wasted on finding affordable and sufficient meal options daily. At the moment, employees are eating from questionable local street vendors or spending more than 50% of their pay check on online food platforms or spending the little time they have at home making meals. Pocketfood automates access to healthy eating. Pocketfood is an AI powered cloud kitchen that provides meal planning and delivery, promoting a healthier lifestyle among busy professionals. Pocketfood saves users $55 on food delivery per month, reduces their annual food spend by 40% while delivering healthy meals on autopilot.
TL;DR
Product: Web-app for corporate meal planning, vendor matching, subscriptions, payroll deductions, and delivery
Markets: Operates in Lagos, Abuja, and Ibadan (Nigeria)
Founders: Omolara Olarerin, Emmanuel Agboola, Oluwabunmi Balogun
Scale: Claims between 70k+ and 700k+ meals delivered and 40+ vetted vendors
Funding: Pre-Seed with Baobab Network; total disclosed funding $200,000 (USD) with last funding date 2023-10-05
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Workplace meal access and corporate food program management in Nigerian cities
Industry
Foodtech / Workplace food services
Funding Track Record
200000.00
Company page and Crunchbase list Baobab Network as a backer; Crunchbase lists Pre-Seed as last round. Pocketfood site also shows backing/partners including 500 and Aidi.
Investor Signal
“Baobab Network (lead investor disclosed); additional backers shown include 500 and Aidi”