# The Allana Group

> The Allana Group is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and Food Processing. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.allana.com/

The Allana Group is a VC fund in Mumbai focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. India’s largest exporter of processed food products and agro commodities

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 57% |
| Food Processing | 3 | 43% |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Coffee | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 6 | 86% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John P. Danner | Founder and Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-p-danner |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LT Foods | LT Foods Ltd. a leading Indian-origin global FMCG company in the consumer food space, has been a prominent player in the specialty rice and rice-based foods business for over 70 years, with a presence in more than 80 countries. | $2.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| Lilac Insights | Lilac Insights is leading as a Genetic Health Assessment & Diagnostic Centre. | $6.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| Fingerlix | Launched in 2016, Fingerlix is the brainchild of 4 foodies. Their purpose is to spread Joy through food by easing up cooking and exploration.They believe that Joy stems from spending more time with family and less time in the kitchen.Joy is maximum when they discover something new and different that entices their taste buds.Joy also comesfrom making healthier, happier food choices that leave us with a feeling of goodness.Through their Ready-to-Cook & Ready-to-Eat food options, they want to be a part of your cooking journey, partnering you, everyday - day after day.And they do their best to make that happen – sourcing choicest ingredients, maintaining extremely high hygiene standards and above all, inspiring your magical touch to transform every dish into ‘Your dish’. | $2.8M | Series C | Feb 22, 2021 |  |
| Maverix Platforms | Maverix operates over 50 outlets across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. | $200M | Series C | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Wellness Forever Medicare | Mumbai-based retail pharmacy chain Wellness Forever Medicare Pvt Ltd.Wellness Forever currently has a chain of 70 lifestyle pharmacies and wellness stores oThe firm operates under three formats- retail pharmacies, hospital pharmacies and managed franchises.perating on 24x7 basis in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Belgaum and rest of Maharashtra. | $15.5M |  | Nov 09, 2020 |  |
| Freshtohome | Freshtohome is an online grocery store that sells a range of seafood and meat to its users.The website’s range of products include fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and fillet. Fish consists of shell, freshwater, and marine. Furthermore, it enables suppliers to supply their seafood and meat to the website.Freshtohome was launched in 2015 by ShanKadavil and is based in Bangalore. | $121M | Series C | Aug 07, 2020 |  |
| Ample Hills Creamery | Ample Hills Creamery is a chain of ice cream shops filled with quirky and decadent creations. They handcraft their ice cream in small batches, using fresh, local, all-natural milk, cream, and eggs. In fact, their dairy and eggs are so fresh, they were inside hormone-free, grass-fed, happy cows and chickens just a few days before we churned theminto ice cream. | $8M | Series A | Dec 19, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Horizon Technology Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizon-technology-finance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rhodium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rhodium) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Swiggy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swiggy) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascent-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bullish](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullish-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Allana Group invest in?

The Allana Group invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Health Care startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The Allana Group?

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### Who are the partners at The Allana Group?

The team at The Allana Group includes John P. Danner (Founder and Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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