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# UAE-based virtual restaurant marketplace Locale secures $4.5 million
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/uae-based-krush-brands-secures-4-5-million-for-virtual-restaurant/
- Published: 2022-05-23T12:27:22.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-08T00:53:13.000Z
- Author: Oluwajuwonlo Afolabi
- Tags: Foodtech, Tech in UAE

[Locale,](https://www.hyattrestaurants.com/en/dining/uae/dubai/multi-cuisine-restaurant-in-healthy-the-locale) a virtual restaurant marketplace of the [KRUSH Brands](https://www.krushbrands.com/) based in UAE has secured $4.5 million in its Series A funding round from Skelmore Holdings, a family office venture in Dubai. 

- The funds will be used to increase its portfolio, expand Locale's portfolio to 20 brands, build-out tech-led kitchens and recruit new talents, the startup claims.
- Launched in 2015, KRUSH Brands is an omni-channel food and beverage company based in UAE with its own technologies for ordering and delivering food.
- Locale is a newly launched platform of KRUSH Brands and it's a digital food platform with integration of customers, foodpreneurs and employees.
- KRUSH Brands had been self-funded until it secured this institutional investment.