Muscat – Oman-based cloud kitchen operator startup KitchenomiKs has raised US$1.7mn from angel investors, including prominent Omani investors. The Abu Dhabi Global Market registered startup was launched in early 2022 and currently operates in Oman. The cash infusion will be deployed in centralised kitchens, technology, hiring leadership teams, and building more brands.

KitchenomiKs is a smart cloud kitchen company creating the largest network of delivery-focused food brands.

The startup operates through its state-of-the-art, automated and centralised satellite kitchens. Since inception, KitchenomiKs has created six individual brands with a rating of four-stars and higher in the region’s most popular food delivery aggregator apps.

The startup looks to expand across the GCC, aiming to design and build numerous high-quality food brands operating out of highly automated hub-and-spoke cloud kitchens.

Additionally, these partner with F&B brands and restaurants and help them expand beyond their existing geographic reach with their kitchen-as-a-service model.

Founded by Aankush Bhatia (pictured), the company currently has more than 30 employees and an exclusive long-term partnership with the sultanate’s premier meetings and conferences venue, Oman Conventional and Exhibition Centre that gives access to a state-of-the-art kitchen facility of over 30,000sqft, which has the capability to create and onboard more than 100 own brands and popularly known brands. This is the largest of its kind cloud kitchen in Oman, a press release said.

Launched in March 2022, KitchenomiKs works on the hybrid food ecosystem. The company is in the process of creating the largest chain of virtual multi-brand restaurants and establishing delivery hubs in Oman, with plans to move into the rest of GCC by early 2023.

The hybrid foodtech system, on which KitchenomiKs is modelled, includes a service platform for restaurants and international brands to partner to reach a wider audience with scalability through turnkey delivery solutions for the preparation, distribution and expansion of food concepts without any capital investments.