SEB Alliance was among the participants in a round that will help the recipe publisher develop children's cooking kits along with a packaged goods offering.

France-based cooking video platform provider Chefclub has raised $17m of funding in a round featuring SEB Alliance, a corporate venturing vehicle for kitchen appliance manufacturer SEB, TechCrunch has reported.

Investment platform First Bridge Ventures led the round, which was also backed by venture capital firms Korelya Capital and Algaé Ventures.

Founded in 2016, Chefclub publishes cooking videos on social media platforms such as Facebook and Snapchat. It claims it has 85 million followers across its social media accounts and generates…