Food & Beverage Startups in India

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1,866 companies · 3,542 funding rounds tracked · $307.34 Mn raised in July 2026 Funding tracker →

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4700BC is an Indian premium gourmet snacking brand (popcorn, corn chips, makhana, pretzels, nachos) founded by…

New Delhi 2013

D2C specialty coffee roaster and cafe brand. Founded in 2013 by husband-wife duo Matt Chitharanjan and…

$111.28 Mn raised Gurugram 2013

Chaayos is a technology-led chai cafe chain founded in November 2012 by IIT alumni Nitin Saluja…

$93.83 Mn raised Gurugram 2012

Drools is India's leading homegrown pet food manufacturer, producing dry and wet food, treats and supplements…

$60 Mn raised Bengaluru 2010

Jaipur-based D2C healthy/better-for-you packaged food brand that makes snacks -- dry fruit laddoos, roasted namkeens, and…

$2.65 Mn raised Jaipur 2020

Farmley is a D2C dry-fruits, nuts and healthy-snacking brand founded in 2017 by Akash Sharma and…

$54.7 Mn raised Noida 2017

FreshMenu is a Bengaluru-based cloud-kitchen food-delivery brand founded in September 2014 by Rashmi Daga. Unlike aggregator-model…

$32.46 Mn raised Bengaluru 2014

Bengaluru-based FMCG brand known for fresh, preservative-free, ready-to-cook Indian foods — idli/dosa batter, parotas, chapatis, curd…

$98.25 Mn raised Bengaluru 2005

Licious (operated by Delightful Gourmet Private Limited) is a Bengaluru-based direct-to-consumer company that sells fresh meat,…

$488 Mn raised Bengaluru 2015

MasterChow is a Delhi-NCR-based D2C brand making ready-to-cook Pan-Asian sauces, noodles and pantry staples, positioned as…

$10.9 Mn raised New Delhi 2020

Mumbai-based D2C, dessert-first ice cream brand founded in 2015 by Tanvi Chowdhri, a Carnegie Mellon-trained mechanical…

Mumbai 2015

Digitally-native D2C FMCG brand that manufactures, markets and distributes instant and specialty coffee products, including plant-based-vitamin-enhanced…

$5 Mn raised New Delhi 2018

Rebel Foods is an Indian cloud-kitchen operator that runs multiple delivery-only restaurant brands — including Faasos,…

$720.4 Mn raised Mumbai 2011

India's first branded ice pop company, co-founded by Ravi and Anuja Kabra in 2021, making natural…

$2.72 Mn raised Hyderabad 2021

D2C clean-label food brand selling protein bars, protein powders, muesli, dark cocoa bars and nut spreads,…

$87 Mn raised Mumbai 2019

D2C millet-based FMCG snack brand founded in 2018 by Raju Bhupati, best known for its affordable…

$16.4 Mn raised Hyderabad 2018

Bengaluru-based D2C "clean label" health-food brand founded by sisters Suhasini and Anindita Sampath, selling nutrition bars,…

$11.6 Mn raised Bengaluru 2014