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Eat App raises USD 10 mn
Eat App taps USD 10 mn to scale dine-in market in India: Dubai-based restaurant reservation and guest management platform Eat App secured USD 10 mn in a Series B extension round, aiming to boost its push into the Indian market, according to a press release. The round was led by US-based PSG Equity via its portfolio firm Zenchef, bringing the total value to USD 23 mn.
BACKGROUND- Founded in 2015 by Nezar Kadham (LinkedIn) and David Feuillard (LinkedIn), Eat App serves more than 5k restaurants across 92 countries. The platform offers a single cloud-based dashboard to help firms optimize operations through real-time reservations and guest data management. It is now looking to tap into India’s food service industry — projected to hit USD 85 bn by 2028 — and expand further beyond its core markets of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the UK, and the US.
Tata Projects to serve as EPC partner for Dubai’s SAF One
Tata Projects — the engineering, procurement and construction arm of Tata Group — and has been tapped as the EPC partner for Dubai-based SAF One’s first sustainable aviation fuel facility in the Middle East, according to a statement. Tata Projects will assist in developing a plant to convert used cooking oil and other waste fats into sustainable aviation fuel.
Why it matters: In a significant export of Indian engineering expertise to the Gulf markets, the two companies are focused on a “design one, build many” model designed to be replicated quickly across the region and in India. A facility in India is likely to follow as the domestic aviation industry faces increasing pressure to decarbonize.
Kerala’s dairy cooperative signs export pact for GCC markets
State-owned Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) will export premium dairy products to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Oman after an MoU with Cochin-based food distribution company Food Links, Hindu Businessline reports. Food Links will handle regulatory approvals, logistics and customs processes, while Milma will supply products from its facility in Kerala.
Why this matters: The year-long pact, extendable after review, is part of Milma’s push to scale overseas sales and build brand presence across the Gulf’s Indian diaspora-driven dairy market.
- State-owned Indian Bank plans to set up a representative office in the UAE to tap diaspora-linked trade, remittances and corporate banking opportunities, Times of India reports. The UAE office will act as a sourcing and marketing hub rather than a full branch.
- US-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike will launch new in-country regional cloud environments in Saudi Arabia, India, and the UAE amid a push for data localisation in these markets, according to a company statement.
