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Captain Fresh appoints Mathew George as Group CFO

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Captain Fresh, a B2B fish and seafood supply chain company, has announced the appointment of Mathew George as its Group chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to this appointment, Mathew was the Group CFO at Medi Assist Health Care Services, where he led multiple successful M&As. He was also instrumental in managing the company’s recent IPO, which was oversubscribed 14.3 times. Before this, Mathew had held leadership roles in Jumbo Electronics, HCL Technologies, Cognizant Technologies Accenture, GE Capital, and Genpact. We look forward to leveraging Mathew’s leadership as we aspire to evolve into a publicly listed institution,” said Utham Gowda, founder and chief executive officer, Captain Fresh. Starting as a seafood supply chain player, the four-year-old company has raised over $160 million in a series of funding rounds. In February, Captain Fresh had raised $25 million in its extended Series C round. During the same month, it acquired CenSea Inc., a US-based frozen fish and seafood importer and distributor. Captain Fresh India’s gross revenue surged 3.7X year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 773 crore in FY23 from Rs 208 crore in FY22. The firm registered a 2.45X jump in its losses to Rs 252 crore in FY23. While the company is yet to file its audited financials for FY24, it expects to close F25 with revenues of over $650 million (more than Rs 5,000 crore).