Mark Niederhaus Esteban and Dharish Totiger, who met while pursuing their MBA degrees at the University of New Mexico, have co-founded MealsGuru, an app designed to simplify meal planning and grocery shopping. MealsGuru aims to offer users personalized meal plan recommendations and budget management tools, with a focus on real-time price comparisons from grocery stores like Walmart and Kroger. Inspired by a discussion during a road trip, Mark and Dharish developed the idea to address the challenges of grocery price inflation and personal budgeting. They plan to launch MealsGuru’s flagship application later this year.
Before developing MealsGuru, Mark gained entrepreneurial experience with ventures like Upwell Beverages and Dharish honed his skills through work at UNM Rainforest Innovations and a prior small business in India. The duo’s collaboration began with success in UNM’s Tech Navigator Challenge and Lobo Hackathon, which helped validate their concept and secure initial funding. With plans to release the app’s beta version soon and ongoing efforts to secure $1 million in pre-seed funding, MealsGuru is preparing to expand its features and impact.
See Jacob Maranda’s August 27 article, “Former UNM classmates launch meal planning, budgeting app,” on the New Mexico Inno Website here: https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/inno/stories/news/2024/08/27/mealsguru-university-of-new-mexico-meal-app.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=AQ&ana=e_AQ_me&j=36551755&senddate=2024-08-28&empos=p5