India, July 7 -- When Curefoods - then known as Eat.fit - hived off from Cult.fit in 2020, it was something of a shot in the dark. The Ankit Nagori-led startup was not a major player among cloud kitchens at the time, and it was seen as a way for both Cult.fit and Eat.fit to sharpen their focus on their respective sectors.

Nagori's Curefoods is likely to become the first cloud kitchen startup to list publicly after filing its DRHP at the end of June. Its closest rival and bigger player, Rebel Foods is also aiming at a public listing sometime next year, but Curefood seems like it might pip Rebel Foods to the post.

The Binny Bansal-backed startup's IPO will be closely watched as it is the first public markets test for the cloud kitchen seg...