SANU

What SANU does

SANU is a Venezuelan food services and nutrition company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Caracas, Miranda, operating with a stated triple-impact (social, environmental, economic) business model aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goal #2 (Zero Hunger). The company serves four primary customer segments — educational institutions (school feeding programs), corporate and industrial clients (catering and food dispatch), humanitarian and emergency response organizations (emergency kits and urgent meals), and healthcare/community services (hospital cafeterias, popular dining halls) — with documented nationwide delivery coverage across 9 Venezuelan geographic zones (Caracas, Miranda, Oriente, Guayana, Andes, Lara-Llanos, Occidente, Central y Frontera).

The company's core offering is a portfolio of four consumer-grade product lines — Kits de alimentos (food kits configured to client/beneficiary requirements), Productos nutricionales (hypercaloric, therapeutic nutritional products), Kits de emergencia (KDE) for catastrophe response, and Comidas de urgencia (urgent meals) — paired with two B2B service lines: Catering industrial (corporate/industrial catering) and Despacho de productos alimenticios (national food dispatch). The company states compliance with CODEX Alimentarius hygiene and safety standards and is a member of WEPs (UN Women) and the UN Global Compact. Technology is not a differentiator: no proprietary software, AI/ML, or platform is disclosed; the position is operational food services with a WhatsApp-based direct sales channel and LinkedIn/Instagram presence.

Revenue is generated through quote-based B2B contracts (price-by-project rather than published pricing) across institutional and humanitarian clients. The company operates via a sales-led, direct distribution model with WhatsApp as the primary quote and engagement channel. The team of 35 is led by Luis Medina (Director) and includes functional CXOs across Operations, Logistics, Finance, IT & Systems, Human Talent, Strategic Planning, and Administration. No external funding, M&A, or ownership disclosures are present in the input data; the company is privately held and bootstrapped by available evidence.

Name

SANU

Legal name

SANU

Website

https://sanucorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SANU is a Venezuelan food services and nutrition company founded in 2018 that delivers food kits, therapeutic nutritional products, emergency kits, industrial catering, and food dispatch to educational, corporate, healthcare, and humanitarian clients across 9 national zones.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (72231)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Food distribution services
• Industrial catering
• Emergency food kits
• Nutritional products
• School feeding programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Caracas, Miranda

HQ country

Venezuela

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Food Dispatch Services: Despacho de alimentos - distribution and delivery of food products to clients nationwide in Venezuela
2. Industrial Catering: Professional catering services for corporate, industrial, door-to-door and sustainable food provision
3. Food Kits: Assembled food kits configured according to client requirements and beneficiary needs, offering competitive pricing
4. Nutritional Products: Therapeutic nutritional solutions - hypercaloric, accessible, easy-to-consume food products aligned with SDG #2 Zero Hunger
5. Emergency Kits (KDE): Immediate response products for catastrophe or emergency situations, including first aid, hydration and nutrition supplies
6. Urgent Meals: Quick/urgent meals - high calorie, accessible, economical foods for complex situations used by rescue groups, organizations and affected persons

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SANU is a Venezuelan food services company that assembles and distributes food kits, therapeutic nutritional products, emergency kits, and urgent meals, alongside providing industrial catering and nationwide food dispatch services. The company operates a triple-impact model (social, economic, and environmental) aligned with UN SDG #2 Zero Hunger, serving educational institutions, corporations, humanitarian organizations, and healthcare facilities across 9 geographic zones in Venezuela.

Product overview

SANU is a Venezuelan food service company that operates with triple-impact food services (social, economic, and environmental). The company offers a portfolio of four core food products: Food Kits (Kits de alimentos) assembled to client specifications, Nutritional Products (Productos nutricionales) providing therapeutic hypercaloric solutions aligned with UN SDG #2 'Zero Hunger', Emergency Kits (Kits de emergencia) for disaster response, and Emergency Meals (Comidas de urgencia) for urgent situations. Alongside these products, SANU provides two service offerings: Industrial Catering for corporate and institutional food service, and Food Dispatch for national distribution to schools, community dining halls, and hospitals. The company operates under a triple-impact business model focused on sustainable food and nutrition solutions for Venezuelan citizens across all life stages since 2018.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kits de alimentos (Food Kits) Food kits assembled according to client or beneficiary requirements, offering options at competitive prices and committed to generating social benefit by partnering with national producers.
• Productos nutricionales (Nutritional Products) Therapeutic nutritional solutions aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal #2 Zero Hunger, providing hypercaloric, accessible, and easy-to-consume food products.
• Kits de emergencia (Emergency Kits / K.D.E.) Immediate response products for catastrophe or emergency situations, used for distribution of first aid, hydration, and nutrition supplies.
• Comidas de urgencia (Urgent Meals) Quick or urgent meals with high caloric content, accessible and economical; used by rescue groups, organizations, and people affected by complex situations.
• Catering industrial (Industrial Catering) Professional and specialized service for organizing and supplying foods for corporate, industrial, door-to-door, and sustainable catering operations.
• Despacho de alimentos (Food Dispatch) National-level food distribution service supplying school cafeterias, popular dining halls, hospital centers, and other institutional clients across Venezuela's 9 geographic zones.

Quantifiable outcome

• Service delivery across all 9 geographic zones of Venezuela including Caracas, Miranda, Oriente, Guayana, Andes, Lara-Llanos, Occidente, Central y Frontera

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WEPs (Women Empowerment Principles)coreOthersSANU is a member of the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) initiative of UN Women and the Global Compact, promoting gender equality between women and men in all areas of management. This membership demonstrates commitment to inclusive business practices.
• Global CompactcoreOthersPartner in the UN Global Compact initiative alongside WEPs membership, demonstrating commitment to sustainable development principles.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• World Food Programme (WFP): UN humanitarian agency procuring and distributing emergency food assistance globally — comparable buyer/counterparty for SANU's emergency kits and urgent meals lines, not a direct competitor.
• Mercy Corps: International humanitarian NGO active in food security and emergency response, including in Venezuela and the region — potential procurement counterpart and ecosystem peer for SANU's emergency nutrition lines.
• CARE International: Large humanitarian NGO operating food assistance and nutrition programs in Venezuela and Latin America — a potential institutional buyer and ecosystem reference for SANU's humanitarian product lines.
• Programa de Alimentación Escolar (PAE): Public school feeding programs operated across Latin America (often via PAHO/WFP) — directly comparable demand-side buyer of food kits and nutritional products, especially the type SANU supplies to Venezuelan educational institutions.

Direct peers

• Sodexo: Global food services and facilities management company with strong industrial catering and institutional feeding capabilities — directly comparable to SANU's industrial catering line serving corporates, schools and healthcare facilities.
• Aramark: Major food services and uniform provider with deep institutional feeding, education and healthcare nutrition contracts — closely comparable to SANU's multi-segment B2B food service model.

Regional players

• Alsea: Largest restaurant operator in Latin America — not a direct catering peer, but comparable as a Latin American food services scale operator with multi-country B2B and B2C reach.
• Empresas Polar: Largest Venezuelan food manufacturer and distributor (including nutrition programs) — operates in the same national food distribution channel as SANU and is a benchmark for in-country scale and reach.
• Caritas de Venezuela: Domestic Venezuelan humanitarian and food assistance organization with overlapping beneficiaries (school feeding, community nutrition, emergency response) — comparable in mission and customer overlap, but operates as an NGO rather than a commercial supplier.

Broad incumbents

• Compass Group: World's largest contract food services group with broad education, healthcare and corporate catering exposure — broader portfolio than SANU but operates in the same core institutional feeding market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sanucorp
• Instagraminstagram.com/sanu.corp

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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