IAN Angel Fund, the evergreen fund of IAN Group, has led a ₹70 lakh early-stage funding round in The Sweet Change, a clean natural sweetener brand, with participation from Udaan Angel Partners. Founded in 2024 by Manvi Agnihotri and Sheen Hitashi, the company aims to use the capital to boost product development, expand via e-commerce and quick commerce, and grow brand awareness and headcount. It claims early traction, crossing ₹1.5 crore in revenue and fulfilling 12,000+ website orders.
Marc Lore’s company Wonder is pitching “restaurant factories” powered by AI and its robotic kitchens. The idea: with a simple prompt, people could create a virtual food brand and bring it to life using automated production. If it works at scale, it could dramatically lower the barrier to opening a restaurant and change who controls food creation.
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