Mumbai, Sept. 4 -- Acapella Hospitality, the six-year-old venture promoted by Centrum Capital's family office, is sharpening its focus on the quick-service restaurant (QSR) segment with plans to scale its Li'l Gamby brand and raise its first external round of funding by mid-2026.

The company is on track to close the current financial year with a topline of Rs.25 crore. "Next financial year, we will look at raising funds, ideally by June-July," said founder and MD Shaan Gidwani. While the quantum of the round is yet to be decided, he said the business will, for the first time, step out of the family office structure to chart its own growth trajectory.

Acapella began in 2019 with Kokum, a Malwani and Konkani cuisine restaurant in Vasai, w...