Industry Internet retail Website www.gousto.co.uk Founders Timo Boldt, James Carter | Number of employees 200+ Founded 2011 | |
Area served South East England, Midlands, North West England, the South Coast of England and most of Yorkshire, South West England and South Wales Profiles | ||
Gousto on dragons den
Gousto is a British Internet retailer, headquartered in Shepherds Bush, London. The company was founded by Timo Boldt and James Carter in June 2012.
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Gousto offers recipe kit boxes which include fresh ingredients and step-by-step, chef-designed recipes. It has been voted best recipe kit service by the Independent, the Guardian, the Metro and Time Out London.
The company won Retail Business of the Year at the 2015 Startups awards, the Angel-VC Deal of the Year at the 2015 UK Business Angels Association Awards, the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award (CEO and founder, Timo Boldt) at the 2014 Great British Entrepreneur Awards, and the Everline Future50 at the 2014 Real Business Awards.
In August 2013, Gousto's co-founders appeared on the BBC's Dragons' Den.
In December 2015, Gousto raised £9m in funding from BGF Ventures, MMC Ventures, Unilever Ventures and the Angel Co-Fund.
In October 2016, Gousto's co-founder Timo Boldt was awarded IGD's 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year' award.
In November 2016, Gousto raised a further £10m funding from BGF Ventures, MMC Ventures, Unilever Ventures and the Angel Co-Fund.