Rebel Foods is an Indian online restaurant company which operates 11 cloud kitchen brands including Faasos, Behrouz Biryani and Oven Story. It is the largest cloud kitchen restaurant chain in the world, operating more than 450 cloud kitchens in 10 countries, as of April 2022.
Among the company's biggest stakeholders are Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, Lightbox Ventures, and Qatar Investment Authority. After its Venture round of funding in 2021, the company's valuation was reported at 1.4 billion.
In 2018, the company started the Rebel Launcher Program for outsourcing its cloud kitchen platform to other restaurant chains.
In 2020, Rebel Foods launched EatSure, a consolidated food delivery service for its brands and partner restaurant chains. It also started operating known as EatSure Express.
In December 2020, Rebel Foods entered into a partnership with American fast food restaurant chain Wendy's, under which Rebel Foods will start and operate 250 cloud kitchens for the latter in India. In February 2022, Rebel Foods acquired the exclusive master franchise rights for Wendy’s offline business in India from Sierra Nevada, to develop and expand the burger chain’s brick-and-mortar chain, including the existing commitment to also develop approximately 150 traditional locations over the next decade, in addition to its commitment to open the delivery-only kitchens across the country.
In April 2022, Rebel Foods acquired a majority stake in the luxury chocolate brand Smoor.
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