Abhijit Gupta

Co-founder of Popo Global, a restaurants company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founderBengaluruRestaurants

Founded

2017

Bengaluru, India

Raised to date

$56M

1 round on record

Latest round

Growth investment (significant minority stake)

$56M · September 2026

About

Abhijit Gupta is Co-founder of Popo Global, a restaurants company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2017. Popo Global's most recent disclosed round was a funding round of $56M in September 2026.

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Company

Est. 2017

Popo Global

Restaurants · Bengaluru · Active

Popo Global is a Bengaluru restaurant company operating three gourmet food brands: The Pizza Bakery, built on sourdough pizza; Paris Panini, serving French-inspired paninis, sandwiches, wraps and crepes; and Smash Guys, a smash burger kitchen. Founded in 2017 by brothers Nikhil Gupta and Abhijit 'AB' Gupta, it has grown from a single Pizza Bakery outlet to around 40 locations, all in Bengaluru. Unusually for Indian food and beverage, it owns and operates every outlet directly rather than franchising, and describes its model as combining the convenience of quick service, the experience of fine

Funding

September 2026Growth investment (significant minority stake)$56MArtal Asia

Company profile →1 round on record

Journey with Popo Global

2 milestones

2017Founded
Founded in Bengaluru by brothers Nikhil Gupta and Abhijit Gupta with a single The Pizza Bakery outlet built around sourdough, later adding Paris Panini and the smash burger kitchen Smash Guys.
Sep 2026Funding
Takes its first external capital, ₹532 crore from Artal Asia for a significant minority stake, after nine years of funding roughly 40 company-owned outlets from its own operations. The Rainmaker Group advised Popo Global; Invus advised Artal Asia.

Also building Popo Global

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Coverage

1 story

Funding · 11 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

Popo Global Takes Outside Money for the First Time in Nine Years, at ₹532 Crore