• Funch, founded in 2025, raised USD 500K to scale its AI-native lunch subscription offering flexible, credit-based meal ordering across Dubai.
• The startup delivers AED 19 daily lunches using AI to forecast demand, optimise routes, cut waste, and streamline operations sustainably.
• Co-founders Ahmad Joehnny and Ghada Zanaty aim to replace rigid weekly plans with a flexible model aligned with Dubai’s 2040 sustainability goals.

Funch

UAE’s Funch raises USD 500 thousand in a pre-seed funding round led by Angelspark. The round also saw participation from other investors including Mostafa Kandil, founder of Swvl and Mahesh Murthy, renowned Indian marketer. It also saw participation from Tushar F., Hamed Mustafa, Rutvik Deepak, and others. 

Co-founded in 2025 by Ahmad Joehnny and Ghada Zanaty, Funch is an AI-native lunch subscription. It offers a lunch subscription with a flat fee of AED 19/day with no delivery fees. Furthermore, users can set preferences and receive lunch fresh daily with the ability to skip, pause or cancel anytime.

Lunch Subscription 

It aims to replace traditional weekly plans where plans often renew even when users skip meals. It replaces this with a flexible credits system, in which users can buy credits to use whenever they need. Furthermore, users can buy credits to use whenever they need, or set auto-renew so credits top up the moment they run low. Thus, once preferences and delivery windows are set, lunch is delivered.

“The funch model champions  pre-planned orders, so we reduce waste and operate with greater efficiency. Fewer vehicles and trips to serve higher volumes, fewer emissions, promoting  sustainability, which is aligned with Dubai 2040, the government’s strategic plan to guide the city’s development,” said Ghada El Zanaty, Co-Founder and COO, funch.

The service is AI native meaning it uses AI to forecast demand, optimise delivery routes, reduce waste, rotate menus, and streamline operations.