Acquisition · Commerce & Consumer Brands
Wingreens World acquires Safe Harvest, raises Series D
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- Date
- Company
- Wingreens World
- What it does
- Natural foods and beverages company
- Kind
- Acquisition
- Amount
- ₹120 crore
- Stage
- series-d
- Founded
- 2011
What they do
Wingreens World makes dips, sauces, snacks, juices, and breakfast cereals
What happened
It acquired Safe Harvest via share swap and raised ₹120 crore in Series D led by Ashish Kacholia
Why it matters
The company is EBITDA profitable and targets an IPO within two years
The details
- Wingreens World has acquired Safe Harvest through a share swap deal.
- It also raised a Series D round of ₹120 crore (about $12.6 million).
- The round was led by Ashish Kacholia, with Alchemy Fund participating.
- Wingreens has raised ₹556 crore in total capital so far.
- The company achieved EBITDA profitability in FY26.
- Revenue for FY26 was ₹362 crore, up from ₹289 crore in FY25.
- Losses narrowed from ₹180 crore in FY23 to ₹65 crore in FY24.
- Wingreens plans to launch an IPO within two years.
The bigger picture
- The acquisition adds Safe Harvest's organic staples like cereals, grains, and pulses to Wingreens' portfolio.
- Safe Harvest works with over 100,000 farmers, mostly women, through self-help groups and farmer producer organisations.
- The Indian organic food and beverage market is projected to exceed $7.6 billion by 2030, growing at about 20.8% annually.
- The ready-to-eat meals market is expected to more than double by 2034.
- Large competitors like HUL, Marico, and Tata Consumer Products have high price-to-earnings ratios, showing investor interest in the sector.
About the business
- Wingreens World was founded in 2011 and started with dips and sauces.
- Its brands include Wingreens Farms, Raw Pressery, Wingreens Harvest, Saucery, and Safe Harvest.
- Products span dips, sauces, snacks, breakfast cereals, juices, protein shakes, almond milk, iced teas, lemonades, baked chips, muesli, granola bars, oats, pasta, spreads, and mayonnaise.
- Safe Harvest offers cereals, grains, pulses, millets, flours, whole spices, cold-pressed oils, natural sugars, and honey.
- Safe Harvest claims 100% batch-wise pesticide testing and certification.
- Wingreens acquired Raw Pressery in 2021 for ₹100 crore.
- The company was founded with the Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) to create sustainable livelihoods for women.
What happens next
- Wingreens plans to use the Series D capital for portfolio expansion, distribution growth, supply chain integration, innovation, and farmer partnerships.
- The company targets an IPO within two years.
The deal
- Type
- acquisition and funding
Investors
- Ashish Kacholia (lead) — Ashish Kacholia is a prominent Indian stock market investor.
- Alchemy Fund (participated) — Alchemy Fund is an investment fund that participated in the Series D round.
Founders
- Anju C Srivastava, founder & CEO
- Arjun Srivastav, co-founder
- Rangu Rao, founder & CEO of Safe Harvest
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