Online restaurant EatFirst secures $8m to build on “rapid growth” Delivery platform backed by Rocket Internet wants to be the “largest online restaurant across the globe by 2018” Written by Henry Williams Published on 17 November 2015 Our experts We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Written and reviewed by: Henry Williams Content Manager EatFirst, an online restaurant delivery service backed by German incubator Rocket Internet, has received an $8m capital injection.Founded by Rahul Parekh, Humberto Ayres Pereira and Torben Schulz in August 2014, the company delivers restaurant quality meals to health conscious, time-starved individuals across London and Berlin.The start-up claims to have already achieved 30% month-on-month sales growth and has delivered over 100,000 meals to date – thanks in part to the UK’s booming restaurant sector.The investment will enable the platform to build on its growth as it seeks to expand internationally and fulfill its ambition to become the “largest online restaurant across the globe by 2018”.Parekh commented: “The future of the restaurant category is online, and we are at the forefront of this shift. We want to grow the UK restaurant sector and offer an additional option that is high in quality and healthy.“Consumer lifestyles are continually evolving, and we noticed an opportunity to explore further. We’ve seen huge demand over the last nine months and this investment will enable us to reach new heights, as well as develop and grow within the restaurant sector.” Share this post facebook twitter linkedin Written by: Henry Williams Content Manager Henry has been writing for Startups.co.uk since 2015, covering everything from business finance and web builders to tax and red tape. He’s also acted as project lead on many of our industry-renowned annual indexes, including Startups 100 and Business Ideas, and created a number of the site’s popular how to guides.