Intelligent retail platform Daalchini Technologies has raised $4 million in a Series A round led by Unicorn India Ventures. The other participants in the funding included Artha Venture Fund, former Dominos India CEO Ajay Kaul, and VSS Investco (the investment vertical of Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma).
Founded in 2017 by ex-Paytm colleagues Prerna Kalra and Vidya Bhushan, Daalchini offers affordable snacks and home-style meals through automated kiosks, mobility retail, and smart vending machines. Currently, the Daalchini app has more than 200,000 monthly active users.
“A large part of this funding will be deployed to expand Daalchini’s industry footprint and