Petpooja is a technology company.
Petpooja has raised $15.0M across 1 funding round.
Petpooja has raised $15.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Petpooja has raised $15.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Petpooja's investors include Helion Venture Partners, Scheinman Angel Fund, Village Global, Krishna Mehra.
Petpooja is an Indian SaaS technology company providing cloud-based restaurant management software, primarily a Point of Sale (POS) system that automates billing, inventory, orders, and analytics for small and medium-sized food businesses.[1][2][4] It serves over 100,000 restaurants across India, UAE, South Africa, and beyond, processing 5-6 million bills daily with features like online ordering integration, CRM, loyalty programs, and third-party partnerships with Zomato, Swiggy, and payment gateways.[3][4][5][6] By solving operational inefficiencies in the fragmented food service sector—such as manual billing and poor inventory tracking—Petpooja drives growth for family-run eateries and cloud kitchens, boasting high scalability with zero processing errors and real-time insights.[1][4][6]
Founded in 2011 by brothers Parthiv Patel and Apurv Patel, Petpooja began as a simple B2B food delivery platform matching corporate bulk orders with restaurants.[1][4] The founders quickly pivoted after observing restaurants struggling with outdated, bulky billing systems that obscured profit margins and led to closures, prompting them to develop affordable, user-friendly POS software tailored for SMBs in India's unorganized food industry.[4][7] Early traction came from addressing these pain points, evolving into India's leading restaurant billing provider with on-ground support in 140+ cities and expansions to UAE and South Africa.[4][5]
Petpooja rides the food tech boom in emerging markets, capitalizing on digitalization of India's $70B+ unorganized restaurant sector amid rising online delivery (post-Zomato/Swiggy surge) and cloud kitchen growth.[1][4][8] Its timing aligns with SMB adoption of affordable SaaS amid GST compliance needs and post-pandemic efficiency demands, processing massive volumes that legacy hardware can't match.[3][5] By enabling data-driven decisions for 100,000+ outlets, it influences the ecosystem through B2B integrations, reducing failure rates in a high-churn industry and fostering a networked food service economy.[4][8]
Petpooja's bootstrapped, product-led growth defies VC-heavy norms, positioning it for international scaling in high-volume markets like the US/Canada with its error-free, high-scale POS.[6][8] Trends like AI analytics, hyper-local delivery, and sustainable operations will shape its path, potentially expanding ML models for predictive inventory and global partnerships.[5] Its influence may evolve from India dominator to global food tech enabler, empowering more SMBs to thrive in a digitizing hospitality landscape—streamlining operations today to fuel tomorrow's restaurant empires.[1][4]
Petpooja has raised $15.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $15.0M Series C in September 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2025 | $15.0M Series C | Helion Venture Partners, Scheinman Angel Fund, Village Global, Krishna Mehra |