Gousto

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SCA Investments Limited
Gousto
Industry Meal kit
Founded12 April 2012  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
FounderTimo Boldt [1] [2]
James Carter [1] [2]
Headquarters
London, England
Area served
Most of mainland Great Britain [3]
Number of employees
900
Website www.gousto.co.uk

Gousto, a trading name of SCA Investments Limited, is a British meal kit retailer, headquartered in Shepherd's Bush, London, founded by Timo Boldt and James Carter. [4] Gousto supplies subscribers with recipe kit boxes which include ready-measured, fresh ingredients and easily followed recipes. [5]

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History

In August 2013, Gousto's co-founders appeared on the BBC's Dragons' Den. [6]

In December 2015, Gousto raised £9m in funding from the Business Growth Fund, MMC Ventures, Unilever and the Angel Co-Fund, [7] with a further £10m in November 2016. [8] [9] [10]

In October 2016, Gousto's co-founder Timo Boldt was awarded IGD's 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year' award. [11]

In January 2019, Gousto raised £18m in funding from Unilever Ventures, Hargreave Hale, MMC Ventures, the Angel CoFund, and fitness coach Joe Wicks. [12] [13]

In July 2019, Gousto raised £30m in funding from private equity firm Perwyn. [14]

In February 2020, Gousto partnered with UK-based The Meatless Farm Company to build upon Gousto's objective of tapping into the growing audience of vegan and other consumers looking to reduce their meat consumption. [15]

In April 2020, Gousto raised £33m in funding from Perwyn, BGF Ventures, and MMC Ventures, and Joe Wicks. [16] [17] [18]

When Gousto raised funds in February 2023, it did so at a valuation of less than £250m, representing a decrease of about 80% from its valuation of £1.4bn in 2022. [19]

Recognition

It has been voted best recipe kit service by The Independent , [20] The Guardian , [21] Metro and Time Out London . [22]

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