Captain Fresh, a farm-to-retail platform for animal protein, has more than doubled its valuation to $500 million in three months as the Indian startup deepens its footprints in the local market and begins to expand overseas.
Existing backers Prosus Ventures and Tiger Global have co-led the startup’s $50 million Series C funding, Captain Fresh founder and chief executive Utham Gowda told TechCrunch in an interview. Existing investors including Accel also participated in the new round.
The business-to-business marketplace for seafood, which has raised over $100 million to date and was valued at about $200 million in its Series B round disclosed in Decem …
