Rocket Internet, DMGT and Holtzbrinck Ventures have backed an $8m series A round for the food delivery service, which aims to expand from London and Berlin next year.

UK-based ready-meal delivery service EatFirst has secured $8m in series A capital from investors including e-commerce group Rocket Internet and media company DMGT, TechCrunch reported yesterday.

Holtzbrinck Ventures, the venture capital firm spun out of publisher Georg von Holtzbrinck, also participated in the round.

Founded in August 2014, EatFirst operates a kitchen where its own chefs prepare meals which are then chilled and delivered to customers who reheat them, as opposed to acting as an aggregator and delivery service for…