abcoffee, India’s leading grab-and-go coffee chain, has raised Rs. 61 crore in a Pre-Series B funding round led by Kliff Ventures, the newly launched consumer retail fund created by K Hospitality Corp. The round also saw participation from Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures, Merisis Venture Fund and Stride Ventures.
The fresh capital will be used to accelerate abcoffee’s cluster-led expansion across existing and new markets. The brand will continue to deepen its presence across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, while expanding into high-density office, residential and transit-led micro-markets where high-quality coffee remains underserved.
A significant portion of the capital will also be deployed towards technology, customer engagement, subscriptions, back-end infrastructure, supply chain strengthening, product innovation and operational excellence. Technology remains central to abcoffee’s model. Today, 54% of all takeaway orders are placed through the abcoffee app, supported by strong traction across subscriptions, pre-orders and digital channels. abcoffee’s subscription ecosystem accounts for 50% of all app orders and pre-sells more than 40,000 cups of coffee and beverages every month for consumption over the following 30 days.
Founded in 2022 by Abhijeet Anand, abcoffee currently operates more than 90 outlets across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru through compact, high-efficiency formats designed for daily coffee consumption. The brand is built on a single conviction: exceptional coffee shouldn’t come at a premium. Every cup is brewed from single-origin beans. The menu is designed to make quality coffee, matcha and protein beverages a daily ritual, not an occasional indulgence.
The business delivered strong momentum in FY26, with revenue doubling year-on-year and store EBITDA growing 193.2% YoY, reflecting a clear path towards profitable scale. The company has also seen deep customer loyalty, with a 60% high-frequency repeat rate.
Speaking on the fundraise, Abhijeet Anand, Founder and CEO, abcoffee said, “Coffee in India is moving from an occasional café experience to an everyday habit. abcoffee was built for that shift. Our model is simple: great coffee, served fast, priced accessibly, available wherever the customer needs it. This fundraise is a strong validation of our belief that India needs a new kind of coffee company, one that is smartly designed in format, technology-led in experience, and built for repeat consumption. With this capital and the operating depth of Kliff Ventures and K Hospitality, we are focused on scaling abcoffee into India’s default habit coffee brand.”
Karan Kapur, Executive Director, K Hospitality Corp and Kliff Ventures added, “We believe abcoffee has the potential to emerge as the leading brand in India’s rapidly growing coffee category. We are excited to back Abhijeet, who over the past 4 years has scaled and built a differentiated business with strong customer love, disciplined execution and a compelling right to win. Through Kliff Ventures, we look to partner with ambitious founders building scalable and enduring consumer retail brands, and we are excited to join abcoffee in the journey ahead.”
Product innovation continues to be a key pillar of abcoffee’s growth. Recent launches across Matcha and Procaff, its protein coffee range, reflect the brand’s focus on evolving consumer preferences across coffee, wellness and functional beverages. The company has also launched abcircle, its integrated rewards and engagement platform built to reward customers for making coffee a daily habit.
abcoffee has built a differentiated model in India’s evolving coffee ecosystem in a span of four years. Unlike traditional café formats designed around long dwell times, abcoffee is built for high-frequency habit consumption through smartly designed store formats, fast service, high throughput, digital ordering and strong customer retention.
