Sun Basket wraps up Series A with $11.6 mln round

San Francisco-based Sun Basket, a provider of a meal-kit delivery service, announced it has closed its Series A round with $11.6 million in funding. The company raised $4.5 million in September 2015, and has since added $7.1 million. Led by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital, PivotNorth Capital and Robertson Stephens Partners, the round also includes Baseline Ventures, the Tyler Florence Group, Rembrandt Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Relevance Capital, Roth Capital and Filter14, among other undisclosed investors.

Sun Basket was founded by Adam Zbar and Justine Kelly, the former head chef of the James Beard Award-winning restaurant Slanted Door. The company offers meal kit delivery services that suit gluten-free, Paleo and vegetarian lifestyles.