Diligence report Consumer food, fresh meat and seafood, D2C grocery commerce Series F private unicorn / alive per CB Insights

Licious

Licious Public-Source Startup Diligence Report

The diligence case depends on whether a capital-intensive cold-chain and omnichannel grocery model can convert brand scale into durable gross margin, repeat purchase economics and compliance resilience.

Company profile

Licious Public-Source Startup Diligence Report

Licious has credible public evidence of unicorn status, substantial capital raised, consumer brand scale and operational differentiation around chilled meat/seafood supply chains, but the most investment-critical evidence remains private.

Website: www.licious.in
Sector: Consumer food, fresh meat and seafood, D2C grocery commerce
Geography: Bengaluru, India
Stage: Series F private unicorn / alive per CB Insights
Known aliases: Licious, Delightful Gourmet Pvt Ltd
Report version: 1.0
Timezone: UTC

Executive summary

Strengths

CB Insights lists Licious as an alive Series F private company, included in its unicorn collection, with $488M raised; the unicorn tracker snapshot selected Licious at a $1B valuation.
Public company and CB Insights sources describe fresh/raw meat, seafood, marinades and ready-to-eat products supported by back-end supply chain and cold-chain control.
A 2026 public announcement states Licious has 4.5M consumers, 300+ SKUs, five processing centres, 60+ retail stores and quick-commerce/Flash delivery motions.

Risks

Private financial quality, cash runway, losses and contribution margin are not publicly verifiable.
Fresh meat and seafood require tight cold-chain, food-safety and supplier controls; public materials do not prove operating performance.
Competition from FreshToHome, Captain Fresh, Zappfresh, Jumbotail, BigBasket/Zepto-adjacent grocery channels and offline butchers may pressure price and retention.

Gaps

Audited financials, revenue quality, gross margin, store/channel P&L and cash runway.
Cap table, investor rights, debt, liquidation preferences and option pool.
Supplier contracts, quality audits, recall/complaint history and regulatory licenses.
Cohort retention, order frequency, customer concentration, CAC/payback and delivery SLA metrics.

Recommended next steps

Run a financial-quality review focused on FY24-FY26 revenue, losses, working capital, inventory spoilage and channel-level contribution margin.
Commission food-safety/cold-chain diligence covering processing centres, stores, delivery and supplier traceability.
Verify the latest cap table and financing terms against the public $1B unicorn signal.
Conduct customer cohort and competitor price checks in core metros before relying on growth claims.

Risk register

high medium likelihood

R-002: Food safety and cold-chain execution

Licious' value proposition depends on chilled handling and safety controls that require audit evidence.

Diligence request: Review QA audits, FSSC certificate scope, incident logs, temperature logs and recall history.

high unknown likelihood

R-001: Private financial quality and cash runway

Audited financial statements, cash runway, burn, gross margin, spoilage and store/channel profitability are not public.

Diligence request: Obtain audited statements, monthly MIS, cash runway and channel-level contribution margin.

high unknown likelihood

R-005: Regulatory, labor and safety compliance

Food, worker-safety, delivery, retail and data/privacy compliance exposures are not public.

Diligence request: Obtain counsel schedule, regulator correspondence, inspection reports, labor records and insurance coverage.

medium high likelihood

R-003: Competitive price and convenience pressure

Public competitors and adjacent grocery/quick-commerce channels can pressure basket prices, delivery expectations and customer retention.

Diligence request: Run city-level price basket, market-share and retention analysis.

medium high likelihood

R-008: Private-company disclosure gap

Cap table, governance, employment, litigation and material contracts require private data-room evidence.

Diligence request: Open full data room and counsel/accountant diligence.

medium medium likelihood

R-004: Omnichannel expansion complexity

Retail stores, quick commerce and own delivery increase capex, inventory and SLA complexity.

Diligence request: Review store cohorts, partner contracts, delivery costs and SLA performance.

medium medium likelihood

R-006: Supplier and disease/quality dependency

Backward integration and fresh meat sourcing expose Licious to supplier concentration, disease, quality and traceability risks.

Diligence request: Review supplier concentration, contracts, audits and contingency plans.

medium unknown likelihood

R-007: Customer cohort and channel concentration unknown

Public consumer counts do not show active users, repeat rate, churn or channel concentration.

Diligence request: Obtain customer cohorts by city/channel, retention, NPS and top partner exposure.

Chapter 01

01Financial Information

Public sources verify capital raised and unicorn-list status, with limited operating-financial signals; audited financials, forecasts and cap table remain private.

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I.A Annual and quarterly financial information for the past three years

partially verified confidence: low

Public evidence is limited to funding/profile data and a revenue/loss headline; audited annual and quarterly statements were not public in this workflow.

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Evidence gaps

Audited FY24-FY26 statements
monthly MIS
inventory aging
receivables/payables aging
cash/debt schedules.

Hidden risks

Loss persistence
inventory spoilage
working-capital strain
channel economics masked by headline revenue.

Follow-up questions

Provide audited statements and monthly management accounts for the past three fiscal years.

Public revenue and profitability signals
metric	public signal	verification status
FY26 revenue	Rs 1,166 crore headline surfaced by CB Insights	partially_verified
Net loss	Headline says net loss remains flat	partially_verified
Gross margin / cash runway	Not publicly disclosed	not_publicly_verifiable

Full article and audited accounts were not available through public fetches.

I.B Financial Projections

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

No public forecast, budget, breakeven plan or sensitivity analysis was found.

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Evidence gaps

Board-approved budget
forecast model
store rollout plan
cash runway
breakeven bridge.

Hidden risks

Expansion may consume capital faster than public growth metrics imply.

Follow-up questions

Provide base/upside/downside projections with assumptions for orders
AOV
gross margin
spoilage
delivery cost and store capex.

Public funding and valuation signals
signal	value	diligence caveat
Unicorn tracker valuation	$1B in CB Insights tracker snapshot; joined 2021-10-05	Primary financing documents not public
Total raised	$488M per CB Insights profile	Does not disclose terms, preferences or current cash
Last raised	$150M approximately 4 years ago per CB Insights profile	Runway and burn not public

Public valuation is a market-database signal, not a substitute for financing documents.

Public valuation and capital signals Bar chart of key public capital metrics.

Valuation is not independently appraised.

I.C Capital Structure

partially verified confidence: medium

CB Insights reports $488M raised and a Series F-III alive stage; detailed ownership and preference stack are not public.

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Evidence gaps

Cap table
SAFEs/notes
shareholder agreements
option pool and debt instruments.

Hidden risks

Preference overhang
down-round protection
undisclosed debt or secondary transactions.

Follow-up questions

Provide current fully diluted cap table and all financing documents.

Public ownership snapshot
stakeholder	public position	diligence caveat
3one4 Capital Partners, Bertelsmann India Investments, Vertex Ventures SE Asia	Listed as select investors in unicorn tracker snapshot	Ownership percentage unknown
Other investors	CB Insights profile indicates additional investors	Full list, preference stack and option pool required

Requires company cap table.

Licious funding timeline Timeline of public financing and unicorn status signals.

Dates should be updated with primary financing documents.

I.D Other financial information

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Public evidence does not disclose tax exposures, insurance, guarantees or off-balance-sheet obligations.

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Evidence gaps

Tax filings
lease schedules
guarantees
debt covenants
related-party transactions.

Hidden risks

Undisclosed warehouse/store leases
processing-centre capex obligations and supplier advances.

Follow-up questions

Provide tax filings
leases
guarantees and debt/credit-facility schedules.

Chapter 02

02Products

Licious publicly offers fresh meat, seafood, marinades, cold cuts, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat products with chilled delivery claims.

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II.A Description of each product

partially verified confidence: medium

Public sources describe a broad meat/seafood SKU catalog and a cold-chain operating promise; SKU-level margins and quality metrics are private.

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Evidence gaps

SKU-level sales/margin
return/refund rates
product recall history
QA sampling results.

Hidden risks

Perishable SKU complexity
wastage
substitution risk and quality inconsistency.

Follow-up questions

Provide product-level GMV
gross margin
wastage
complaints and return/refund metrics.

Product and SKU matrix
category	public evidence	diligence need
Fresh meat and seafood	Website and CB Insights describe fresh/raw meat and seafood	SKU margin, freshness metrics, returns
Marinades and cold cuts	Website lists marinades and cold cuts	Shelf-life and category profitability
Ready-to-cook / ready-to-eat	Public release cites momos, kebabs, crispies and 300+ SKUs	New product ROI and cannibalization

Product breadth is public; economics are not.

Product pricing and quality comparison requests
item	public signal	requested test
Chilled-chain promise	Company says it maintains 0-4 C from procurement to delivery	Sample cold-chain logs and customer-delivery audits
Pay-for-usable-meat claim	Homepage contrasts final usable weight with other outlets	Basket pricing and competitor comparison

Public price pages were not fully collected in this workflow.

Product and cold-chain architecture Publicly described flow from procurement to chilled delivery.

Architecture is inferred from public descriptions.

Chapter 03

03Customer Information

Licious discloses consumer-scale claims but not cohort economics, customer concentration or supplier concentration.

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III.A Top customers by application

partially verified confidence: low

Public sources identify consumers and walk-in customers as target users, but not top customers or cohort behavior.

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Evidence gaps

Active customer cohorts
repeat order rates
churn
NPS and complaint history.

Hidden risks

One-time buyers may inflate total consumer counts.

Follow-up questions

Provide monthly active customers
retention cohorts and order-frequency cohorts by city/channel.

Customer and channel scale signals
signal	value	caveat
Total consumers	4.5M consumers claimed in public release	Active/repeat customers not disclosed
Retail stores	60+ retail stores claimed	Store-level sales and payback not disclosed
Processing centres	Five processing centres claimed	Capacity and utilization not disclosed

Treat as company/press-release claims until independently verified.

Customer and operations scale chart Bar chart of public scale metrics from the 2026 release.

Active customers and revenue concentration remain private.

III.B Strategic relationships

partially verified confidence: medium

Public materials reference quick-commerce partnerships and retail expansion, but partner contracts and economics are private.

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Evidence gaps

Partner agreements
revenue share
minimum guarantees
SLA penalties.

Hidden risks

Platform fees and service-level penalties may reduce channel profitability.

Follow-up questions

Provide material partner contracts and channel-level revenue/margin.

Strategic relationships and channels
relationship	public evidence	diligence gap
Quick commerce partnerships	Public release references fast-growing quick-commerce partnerships	Partner list, economics, SLAs
Flash own delivery	Public release references Flash 30-minute delivery across major urban clusters	On-time performance, delivery cost

Contract diligence required.

III.C Revenue by customer

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Revenue concentration by consumer, channel or city is not public.

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Evidence gaps

Revenue by city
channel
cohort and top partner.

Hidden risks

Concentration in a few metros or quick-commerce channels.

Follow-up questions

Provide revenue
orders and margin by city/channel for the past 24 months.

III.D Significant relationships severed within the last two years

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

No public evidence of material severed customer, supplier or channel relationships was found.

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Evidence gaps

Terminated contracts
channel churn
supplier churn and dispute history.

Hidden risks

Undisclosed supplier or quick-commerce partner churn.

Follow-up questions

List material relationships terminated or not renewed since FY24.

III.E Top suppliers

partially verified confidence: low

Public claims reference backward integration and supplier ecosystems, but supplier concentration and audit status are private.

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Evidence gaps

Top supplier list
contracts
audit results
traceability
biosecurity controls.

Hidden risks

Disease
supplier quality failures
price shocks and regional concentration.

Follow-up questions

Provide top suppliers by spend
audit scores
traceability documentation and contingency plans.

Supplier and cold-chain dependencies
dependency	public evidence	risk
Procurement and cold-chain control	CB Insights describes back-end supply chain and cold-chain control	Supplier or cold-chain failure
Bio-secure poultry farms / seafood controls	Public release claims backward integration and rigorous controls	Audit scope not public

Supplier identities and concentration not public.

Chapter 04

04Competition

Licious operates in a crowded Indian fresh-food and grocery market with D2C meat specialists, seafood supply-chain players, quick-commerce platforms and offline incumbents.

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IV.A Competitive landscape by market segment

verified confidence: medium

CB Insights identifies TenderCuts, Captain Fresh, FreshToHome, Zappfresh, Jumbotail and others as competitors or alternatives.

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Evidence gaps

Market share by city
price index
retention versus competitors
offline butcher substitution.

Hidden risks

Price comparison
delivery convenience and channel subsidies can erode loyalty.

Follow-up questions

Provide city-level market share
price-basket analysis and retention versus competitors.

Competitor comparison matrix
competitor	segment	overlap
FreshToHome	Online meat delivery	Fresh seafood and meats
Captain Fresh	Seafood supply chain	Seafood procurement, processing and distribution
Zappfresh / TenderCuts / Jumbotail	D2C meat / B2B grocery	Meat retail, grocery and supply-chain channels

Public competitor list is indicative, not market-share evidence.

Basis of competition
axis	licious position	diligence test
Freshness / cold chain	0-4 C claim and cold-chain control	Temperature logs and third-party audits
Convenience	15-minute local delivery and Flash 30-minute promise	SLA performance and delivery cost

Scores should be updated with customer research.

Competitive market map Position Licious against public competitors by business model.

Positioning is analyst classification from public descriptions.

Chapter 05

05Marketing, Sales, and Distribution

Public evidence supports a digital-plus-retail distribution strategy, but marketing efficiency and channel economics are private.

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V.A Strategy and implementation

partially verified confidence: medium

Licious sells through its app/web presence, retail stores, quick commerce and Flash delivery; implementation metrics are private.

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Evidence gaps

CAC
channel mix
store payback
delivery SLA
marketing ROI.

Hidden risks

Omnichannel complexity can increase capex
inventory duplication and last-mile cost.

Follow-up questions

Provide channel P&L and marketing efficiency by city and acquisition cohort.

Distribution channels
channel	public evidence	gap
App/web D2C	Homepage includes app-store links and online delivery copy	Traffic, conversion, CAC
Retail stores	60+ stores and 2,000 sq. ft. flagship	Store payback and same-store sales
Quick commerce / Flash	Quick-commerce partnerships and Flash promise	Unit economics and SLA

Channel-mix weights not public.

Public marketing signals
signal	evidence	diligence gap
Flagship-store PR	April 2026 announcement	Incremental traffic and sales lift
Quality/freshness messaging	Homepage emphasizes 0-4 C and usable meat	Consumer survey proof

Paid marketing spend and ROI not public.

GTM channel mix requests Acquisition-to-repeat funnel with public and private checkpoints.

Funnel metrics not public.

V.B Major Customers

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Major consumer or B2B customers are not disclosed.

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Evidence gaps

Top customers/partners
customer references
churn history.

Hidden risks

Partner or geography concentration hidden by aggregate consumer counts.

Follow-up questions

Provide top customers/partners by revenue and reference availability.

V.C Principal avenues for generating new business

partially verified confidence: medium

Public evidence points to app/web ordering, physical retail discovery, quick-commerce partnerships and fast delivery.

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Evidence gaps

Source of new orders
CAC/payback
paid versus organic mix.

Hidden risks

Customer acquisition may require sustained promotions or delivery subsidies.

Follow-up questions

Provide acquisition funnel and channel-mix trend for FY24-FY26.

V.D Sales force productivity model

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

No sales productivity model is public; consumer commerce productivity likely depends on marketing, store operations and delivery throughput.

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Evidence gaps

Sales/store staffing
orders per labor hour
delivery cost per order.

Hidden risks

Labor and delivery productivity may lag store expansion.

Follow-up questions

Provide store and delivery productivity metrics by city.

V.E Ability to implement marketing plan with current and projected budgets

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Budget adequacy cannot be verified without financial model and cash runway.

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Evidence gaps

Marketing budget
cash runway
store capex plan
quick-commerce economics.

Hidden risks

Capital intensity could outpace fundraising or operating cash generation.

Follow-up questions

Provide board-approved marketing/store rollout budget and actual-to-plan reporting.

Chapter 06

06Research and Development

Product innovation appears oriented toward assortment, cold-chain operations, retail formats and delivery, but internal R&D staffing and roadmap are private.

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VI.A Description of R&D organization

partially verified confidence: low

Public sources describe operations and product categories but not a formal R&D organization.

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Evidence gaps

R&D org chart
QA team
food technologists
technology roadmap
IP ownership.

Hidden risks

Process know-how may depend on key operators rather than defensible IP.

Follow-up questions

Provide R&D/QA organization
product pipeline and process-IP documentation.

R&D / operations personnel requests
function	public signal	request
Food technology / QA	Quality, hygiene and cold-chain claims	QA org chart and audit reports
Retail/product innovation	Flagship store and new momos range	Product roadmap and launch metrics

Internal teams not disclosed.

Public product pipeline
project	status	verification
Momos ready-to-cook range	Recently introduced per release	partially_verified
Flagship retail format	Launched in Bengaluru HSR Layout	partially_verified

Pipeline economics unavailable.

R&D and operations portfolio map Product and operations innovation areas visible in public sources.

Internal R&D org not public.

VI.B New Product Pipeline

partially verified confidence: low

Public materials mention recent momos and ready-to-cook expansion; detailed pipeline is private.

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Evidence gaps

Pipeline roadmap
launch economics
shelf-life validation and consumer test results.

Hidden risks

Pipeline may be easy for competitors to imitate.

Follow-up questions

Provide upcoming SKU roadmap
launch gates and historical new-product ROI.

Chapter 07

07Management and Personnel

Public evidence identifies at least one offline-business executive quoted in a release, but management depth, headcount and turnover are not public.

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VII.A Organization Chart

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

No complete public organization chart was found.

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Evidence gaps

Full leadership org chart
regional ops leaders
QA leaders
technology/product leaders.

Hidden risks

Operational complexity may outstrip management bandwidth.

Follow-up questions

Provide current org chart with reporting lines and critical vacancies.

Public management roster
person or role	evidence	gap
R Chandramohan, Senior Vice President - Offline Business	Quoted in flagship-store release	Tenure, incentives, references
Other senior leaders	Not captured in reviewed sources	Full leadership roster

Requires company-provided leadership materials.

Headcount and hiring signals
function	public signal	request
Farmers, meat technicians, supply partners, delivery personnel	Referenced in public release	Employee/contractor counts and compliance
Store operations	60+ retail stores and meat experts	Store staffing, attrition, training

Actual headcount not public.

Public org chart stub Minimal public org chart from reviewed sources.

Not a complete org chart.

Personnel scale public indicators Chart of publicly visible personnel-adjacent operating scale.

Not a headcount chart; it visualizes due-diligence scope.

VII.B Historical and projected headcount by function and location

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Headcount by function and location is not public.

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Evidence gaps

Headcount history
attrition
hiring plan
contractor mix.

Hidden risks

Labor scalability
training and attrition risks across processing
retail and delivery.

Follow-up questions

Provide headcount by function/location and attrition since FY24.

VII.C Senior management biographies

unverified confidence: low

Public biography coverage was insufficient for a management quality assessment.

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Evidence gaps

Executive biographies
board composition
founder roles
references.

Hidden risks

Unknown succession depth and functional expertise.

Follow-up questions

Provide leadership bios
board minutes summary and references.

VII.D Compensation arrangements

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Compensation arrangements are private.

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Evidence gaps

Employment agreements
compensation plans
severance and retention packages.

Hidden risks

Misaligned incentives or retention risk.

Follow-up questions

Provide executive compensation and retention arrangements.

VII.E Incentive stock plans

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Stock option or ESOP plan terms are not public.

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Evidence gaps

ESOP plan
grant ledger
option pool and vesting schedules.

Hidden risks

Option pool refresh or underwater grants may create dilution.

Follow-up questions

Provide ESOP documents and fully diluted ownership schedule.

VII.F Significant employee relations problems, past or present

unverified confidence: low

No public employee-relations problem was verified in the reviewed sources.

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Evidence gaps

HR claims
labor disputes
contractor policies
workplace-safety logs.

Hidden risks

Labor disputes
contractor classification or delivery workforce issues could be non-public.

Follow-up questions

Provide employee-relations matters and labor compliance records for the past three years.

VII.G Personnel Turnover

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Personnel turnover is not public.

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Evidence gaps

Voluntary/involuntary attrition
critical role vacancies
retention plans.

Hidden risks

High churn could undermine service quality and cold-chain discipline.

Follow-up questions

Provide monthly headcount and attrition by function/location since FY24.

Chapter 08

08Legal and Related Matters

Public-source legal diligence did not identify a complete litigation/regulatory record; food safety, labor, privacy and contract exposures require counsel-led review.

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VIII.A Pending lawsuits against the Company

unverified confidence: low

No pending lawsuits were verified from the public sources used here; this is not a docket search.

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Evidence gaps

Counsel litigation schedule
docket searches
demand letters.

Hidden risks

Undisclosed consumer
labor
supplier or lease disputes.

Follow-up questions

Provide counsel-prepared litigation and claims schedule.

Pending lawsuits against company
matter	public status	required diligence
Consumer / supplier / labor litigation	No matter verified in reviewed sources	Counsel litigation schedule and docket search
Product liability / recall claims	Not publicly verified	Recall and claims history

Not a comprehensive legal search.

Legal and regulatory timeline Public legal/regulatory timeline from reviewed evidence.

Not a substitute for legal docket/regulator search.

Licious risk heatmap Heatmap of principal diligence risks.

Update after data-room review.

VIII.B Pending lawsuits initiated by Company

unverified confidence: low

No company-initiated lawsuits were verified in reviewed sources.

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Evidence gaps

Claims schedule and docket search.

Hidden risks

Supplier disputes or IP enforcement not surfaced publicly.

Follow-up questions

Provide all initiated claims
notices and settlement agreements.

Pending lawsuits initiated by company
matter	public status	request
Supplier/customer/IP claims	No initiated matter verified	Claims schedule from counsel
Collections or contract disputes	Not public	Litigation and disputes log

Requires counsel confirmation.

VIII.C Environmental and employee safety issues and liabilities

partially verified confidence: low

Licious publicly claims chilled handling and links to FSSC 22000 certification; scope, audit findings and incidents must be verified.

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Evidence gaps

Certificate scope
audit findings
incident logs
product recalls
waste-disposal compliance.

Hidden risks

Food-safety incident
cold-chain break
worker safety or environmental disposal issue.

Follow-up questions

Provide food-safety certifications
audit reports
incident logs and regulatory notices.

Regulatory, safety and IP/compliance matrix
area	public evidence	request
Food safety / FSSC	Homepage links to FSSC 22000 certification	Certificate scope and audit findings
Cold-chain compliance	Company claims 0-4 C storage and delivery handling	Temperature logs and incident records
Licenses / IP / insurance	Not publicly verified	License, IP and insurance schedules

Legal diligence requires counsel and company records.

VIII.D Material patents, copyrights, licenses, and trademarks

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Material IP, trademarks and licenses were not comprehensively searched in this workflow.

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Evidence gaps

Trademark schedule
software licenses
food-product licenses
IP assignments.

Hidden risks

Brand/IP ownership gaps
licensing gaps
software/vendor dependency.

Follow-up questions

Provide IP schedule
licenses
assignments and open-source/software dependency review.

VIII.E Insurance coverage and material exposures

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Insurance coverage is not public.

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Evidence gaps

Insurance policies
claims history
coverage limits and exclusions.

Hidden risks

Insufficient product liability
recall
cyber
property or workers compensation coverage.

Follow-up questions

Provide insurance schedule and claims history.

VIII.F Material contracts

not publicly verifiable confidence: low

Material supplier, store lease, delivery, quick-commerce and technology contracts are private.

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Evidence gaps

Material contract list
change-of-control clauses
leases
partner agreements.

Hidden risks

Termination rights
minimum commitments
unfavorable leases
supplier exclusivity.

Follow-up questions

Provide all material contracts and contract summary matrix.

VIII.G Regulatory agency problems

unverified confidence: low

No regulatory agency problems were verified from reviewed sources; India food-safety and labor compliance require direct documentation.

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Evidence gaps

FSSAI records
regulatory notices
inspection reports
data/privacy incidents.

Hidden risks

Food-safety notices
licensing violations
labor or data-protection issues.

Follow-up questions

Provide regulator correspondence
inspection results and compliance calendar.

Evidence

Evidence claims
ID	Claim	Status	Sources
EC-001	Licious is an alive, private unicorn candidate with $488M total raised and a $1B unicorn-tracker valuation signal.	verified high	SRC-001 SRC-002
EC-002	Licious operates a consumer food business focused on meat/seafood with back-end supply-chain and cold-chain control.	verified medium	SRC-001
EC-003	Licious publicly claims 0-4 C chilled handling through procurement, processing, storage and delivery, and lists online meat/seafood categories.	verified medium	SRC-003
EC-004	A 2026 public announcement claims Licious had a 2,000 sq. ft. HSR flagship, over 100 SKUs in the store, 4.5M consumers, 300+ SKUs, five processing centres, 60+ stores and Flash delivery.	partially verified medium	SRC-004
EC-005	A public headline surfaced by CB Insights says Licious closed FY26 with Rs 1,166 crore revenue and flat net loss.	partially verified low	SRC-001
EC-006	Licious faces competition from D2C meat, seafood supply-chain, grocery and retail platforms.	verified medium	SRC-001
EC-007	Licious homepage links to FSSC 22000 certification, indicating a public food-safety certification signal.	partially verified low	SRC-003
EC-008	Core diligence items including audited financials, cap table, customer cohorts, supplier contracts, legal matters, insurance and headcount are not publicly verifiable from reviewed sources.	not publicly verifiable high

Sources
ID	Publisher	Title	Accessed
SRC-001	CB Insights	Licious - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations	2026-05-19
SRC-002	CB Insights	CB Insights unicorn tracker snapshot	2026-05-19
SRC-003	Licious	Licious homepage	2026-05-19
SRC-004	ForPressRelease	Licious expands offline footprint with its biggest flagship store in HSR Layout, Bengaluru	2026-05-19

Disclaimer

This report is a public-evidence diligence snapshot, not investment advice. Important financial, legal, technical, and contractual facts remain non-public and should be verified directly with management and primary documents before any investment decision.