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Japanese food chain Harajuku Tokyo Café raises $3 million in Pre-Series A funding round

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Japanese food chain Harajuku Tokyo Café raises $3 million in Pre-Series A funding round

Harajuku Tokyo Café, a Delhi-based chain that runs Japanese-themed cafés and bakeries, has raised $3 million (about Rs 28 crore) in a pre-Series A funding round led by Zero W.

Existing investors Indian Angel Network (IAN) and Samved VC made follow-on investments in the round. New backers include Blume Founders Fund, Brijesh Parekh Family Office and Epigamia co-founder Rahul Jain, among others.

The money will go towards opening new outlets, setting up central kitchens and strengthening the company's teams and operations.

“Harajuku is targeting Rs 100 crore in revenue in the current financial year,” said Gaurav Kanwar, founder and CEO.

Founded in 2021 by Kanwar, a London School of Economics alumnus, the business is run by Craftpac Hospitality. It operates two formats: Harajuku Tokyo Café, a casual dine-in chain, and Harajuku Bakehouse, a quick-service bakery format. The brand is known for conveyor-belt sushi, jiggly pancakes and ramen.

Its outlets are currently in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai. The company said it processes more than 1,000 orders a day across dine-in and delivery.

Harajuku Bakehouse now contributes more than 30% of the company's total revenue. In Delhi-NCR, its products sell more than 1,000 loaves of bread a week on quick-commerce platform Blinkit, and the company plans to take the bakery business to more metro cities.

The startup raised its seed round of $2 million in August 2025. That round was led by IAN and Samved VC, with LetsVenture and Capitar Ventures participating.

At the time, Harajuku had seven outlets across Delhi-NCR and Mumbai and annual recurring revenue of more than Rs 30 crore.


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