India Angel Network Invests half a million dollar in HungryZone
IAN(India Angel Network) has invested in HungryZone, Bangalore based startup.
HungryZone started as a Bangalore based food ordering site (HungryBangalore) and later expanded to Bhopal, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Indore, Jaipur, Mumbai and Kolkata.
The details have not been disclosed, but the investment amount (afaik) is close to half a million $.
Congrats to the HZ team – this is surely a much needed cash for HungyZone to kick ass of other foodie sites. They are the oldest player and it’s high time they start distribution via partner sites.
What’s your take on HZ? If you have tried their service,what feedback do you have for them?
I have tried their service couple of time and I found the entire process very smooth – except for the fact that they should integate sms confirmation too. If they have to expand, they should seriously think of a “Click to call’ service, otherwise having an operational aspect is just not scalable (and doesn’t justifies the cost incurred).
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Atleast a decent site wud hve justified the funding…
Wow .. love the fact that they got funded. I love their service and I am sure they will use the money well. I have written a review abt them too
http://www.prateekdayal.net/blog/2008/05/05/order-food-online-bangalore-hungrybangalore-com/
Congratulations to Priyanka and Ritesh !
Regards
Prateek
Thats interesting. Firstly it’s IAN and secondly it’s HungryBangalore.
Keep up the execution Priyanka.
Congratulations to the HZ team – they’ve been around for a while and have had the resilience to stick it out. While their product is responsive, and fairly comprehensive, I hope they spend some of the capital raised in sprucing up their user interface. While I think that the recipes etc. that they have are interesting, I think they should focus on trying to pushing discount offers from restaurants they’ve partnered with (in exchange for some sort of kickback).
Gautam Kshatriya
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Congrats Priyanka, Ritesh and the rest of the gang!
Wish you guys a lot of growth, and a great curve ahead.
We’ve been believers for some time in your do-it attitude and perseverance, and good to see the faith from an investor too!
Of course, getting the funding is where the battle just starts
- Sameer
Great job HB Team. Dont know of anyone more deserving of this funding. Time u guys made some noise and made the larger part of Bangalore aware of your services.
I for one really enjoy ordering food through your services. Keep the good job going on.
Cheers !!!
Great effort.. and huge patience..finally paid. I as a close observer and regular customer of HB, believed in what the were trying.
Its amazing to see their(Ritesh and Priyanka’s) vision and coordination to grow their Baby (HB).
Will be watching the Baby grow to everlasting adulthood..
Amazing news..
way to go Ritesh and Priyanka… CONGRATS!!!
~Bhomia
Cool! Its a very neat effort.. a little unhappy with the UI though. The dish details on mouse over are incorrect and the amount is almost always incorrect. Once I ordered an extra dish just to get to the minimum order of delivery and later heard that the prices were lower than actuals. So ended up ordering an extra dish that I shudnt have had to. Anyways, I am sure they will pick those bugs out. Good luck and make us proud.
Great News . Congrats to HB team . I have used their service and I must say they go out of their way to help their customers
good luck
Thank you all for the best wishes. We will try our best to live upto your expectations.
@Saee : Thanks for the feedback. We are aware of such issues in a few restaurants. We are looking at how best we can keep the data in sync with the restaurants. We hope to give you a better experience next time onwards. Please feel free to mail me at priyanka [at]hungrybangalore[dot]com if you would have any specific suggestions for us.
Thanks again!!
I am very happy to see it happening. No doubt, I am big fan of their service. Big congo to HZ team. I am sure that now they are going to take it to the next level soon. All the very best.
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