bukaPO, an Indonesian food platform focusing on the home cooking sector, has closed a seed funding round.
Bali Investment Club (BIC) and Swiss firm elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalisation co-led round.
The amount remains undisclosed.
The newly acquired funds will be strategically used to boost adoption among individual customers (B2C), upgrade the platform’s technology, and expand to new regions across Indonesia.
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According to co-founder and CEO Olaf Purvis, the funds will be instrumental in scaling bukaPO’s operations, particularly its B2C adoption and corporate catering strategies. The focus remains on expanding opportunities for home chefs.
Founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, BukaPO connects home-based culinary businesses with individual and corporate clients. Its innovative pre-ordering system enhances the earning potential of its home cooking merchants. The firm claims it has enabled over 4,000 home chefs to provide meals within their communities.
Approximately 90 per cent of the chefs on the platform are women, many of whom have progressed from micro-enterprises to thriving small businesses with bukaPO’s support.
In addition to its B2C focus, bukaPO also serves corporate clients, such as Sofitel, Indigo, Regent Canggu, Club Med, and Holiday Inn, who utilise the platform’s offerings.
bukaPO provides education, financial literacy training, and increased market access to thousands of micro-entrepreneurs, especially women, and currently operates in Bali, Surabaya and Sidoarjo.
bukaPO claims it has generated over US$10 million in revenue for its community of chefs.
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