Beyond Appliances' Rs 110 Crore Round Puts Smart Kitchens On A Manufacturing Clock
Co-founders Eshwar K Vikas and Rakesh Patil have raised fresh Series B capital as Beyond Appliances tries to turn connected kitchen hardware into a larger made-in-India brand.
Beyond Appliances' latest funding round is a founder story about timing as much as capital. The Bengaluru smart-kitchen brand has raised Rs 110 crore in Series B funding led by Fireside Ventures, with participation from Dharana Capital and other investors, giving the young company a larger runway to prove that connected kitchen hardware can move beyond early adopters.
The company was founded in 2024 by Eshwar K Vikas and Rakesh Patil, who previously built Mukunda Foods, a kitchen-automation company serving food-service brands. That operating history matters because Beyond Appliances is not only selling sleek devices. It is trying to design products around Indian cooking habits, smoky kitchens, oil-heavy preparation and the service expectations that come with everyday household appliances.
The fresh capital is expected to support research and development, a new manufacturing plant and expansion into new product categories. Vikas has said the company is preparing ovens over the next nine to 12 months, while also deepening its current portfolio of Android chimneys, plug-and-play chimneys, smart hobs and cooktops.
The manufacturing question is central. Beyond Appliances currently manufactures most of its products in-house and is looking at a new facility in South or West India. If it can improve supply, service and distribution while keeping product design local, it could occupy a useful space between imported premium appliances and mass-market kitchen equipment.
Its current business is still small by the standards of India's appliance market. The company has spoken of a customer base of around 1,200 users across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Delhi NCR, and an offline retail footprint that it wants to expand sharply. It also sells online, with the brand trying to balance marketplace discovery with owned channels and physical experience points.
The founder-led test now is execution discipline. Smart appliance brands can be tempted to pitch screens, apps and integrations before households are convinced that the core appliance is durable, easy to clean and worth servicing. Beyond's flagship Android chimney, cooking reminders, grocery integrations and recipe software may help the brand stand out, but the fundraise will count only if those features translate into repeatable manufacturing quality.
For Indian consumer hardware, the round is a small signal with a larger implication. Investors are still willing to back local brands when they see a product category, a distribution story and founder operating history lining up. Beyond Appliances now has to show that India's next kitchen upgrade can be built at home, serviced at scale and trusted long after the launch campaign fades.
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