Good Farmer Food Concepts raises $1.5 Mn in pre-Series A led by CreedCap

Good Farmer Food Concepts, the company that founded artisanal coffee brand Maverick & Farmer Coffee and Square Burgers & Co., has raised $1.5 million in an ongoing pre-Series A round led by CreedCap along with participation from Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid, along with Meraki Sport & Entertainment.

The proceeds will be utilized to expand its national presence with cafes, invest in R&D and production infrastructure, and bolster and grow the brand’s retail vertical, Good Farmer Food Concepts said in a press release.

Good Farmer Food Concepts’s portfolio includes Maverick & Farmer Coffee, a farm-to-cup specialty coffee brand with cafés, retail products, and a growing B2B presence, and Square Burgers & Co., a modern, health-first fast food brand. With an integrated approach spanning farming, product development, retail, and hospitality, it aspires to build scalable Indian brands rooted in craftsmanship, transparency, and long-term value creation.

Co-founded in 2024 by Ashish D’abreo, Sreeram Gangadharan, and Tej Thammaiah, Good Farmer Food Concepts aims to focus on quality and innovation and blends experimentation with coffee for retail, community-driven cafés, and a health-forward take on fast food. 

Homegrown coffee brand Maverick & Farmer is a farm-to-cup company and it conducts experiments on its 140-acre estate in Pollibetta, Coorg, which serves as a laboratory where some of the most inventive brews and bold flavors are created. The brand currently has four cafés in Bangalore, two in Goa, and  has a B2B presence, supplying coffee to establishments across the country like - International coffee chain Second Cup Coffee, Magnolia Bakery, Courtyard Marriott, Coworks India, Lavonne and Boston Consulting Group amongst others. The brand retails directly to customers through its website.

The Bengaluru-based brand’s retail segment focuses on creating various SKUs of specialty coffee roasts and nurturing the home brewer experience by curating a variety of equipment. Its new outlets in the pipeline are in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Goa, and Bangalore. The company currently operates seven outlets in Bengaluru and Goa and expects to reach ten by the end of the year.