Gousto raises £33m to boost plans for growth

We’re very proud to be continuing to support Gousto, one of the UK’s fastest-growing technology businesses.

Gousto, the recipe box company has raised an additional £33 million in a funding round led by existing investors, including MMC. This investment takes the total funds raised by Gousto to over £130 million in the last eight years.

Gousto is now delivering more than 4 million meals a month to 380,000 UK households. The business’s focus on data, artificial intelligence and automation set it on course to have put over 400 million meals on tables by 2025.

This investment means Gousto will continue to harness technology to further propel its market-leading proposition, and it plans to expand its 100-strong tech team in London, accelerating innovation – including Next Day Delivery, customisation and significantly scaling up its fulfillment capacity.

Gousto plans to fill over 400 roles within the next four months across teams in Spalding and its HQ in London, with an aim of increasing headcount by over 700 by 2022, whilst supporting the revitalisation of the economy.

The UK’s online recipe box market previously was expected to exceed £1.5 billion by 2022, but because of coronavirus, most of the developed world will shop for their groceries online for the first time. This forced adoption is likely to accelerate structural change in the market by many years.

Dedicating its passion, brains and resources towards the Coronavirus response effort, Gousto is currently engaging with DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) on a response effort for the vulnerable. It has already implemented contactless delivery for customers and donated the equivalent of 6,000 meals to The Trussell Trust foodbank network and to the homeless charity, Shelter.