Pharmaceuticals Startups in India

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2,129 companies · 3,725 funding rounds tracked · $12.95 Mn raised in October 2026 Funding tracker →

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Most funded 22 companies

Clinical-stage specialty biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines for skin/immuno-inflammatory diseases caused by resistant microbes (dandruff, resistant…

$48.34 Mn raised •Cambridge •2010

La Renon Healthcare is an Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company incorporated in August 2007 by Pankaj Singh, engaged…

$45.75 Mn raised •Ahmedabad •2007

Bugworks Research Inc. (Bugworks) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is developing novel multi-target therapeutic assets…

$34.5 Mn raised •Bengaluru •2014

Healthcare company offering nutritional products, diagnostic tools, branded generic pharmaceuticals, and diabetes and vascular devices.

Mumbai

Pharmaceutical company operating in the generic and speciality pharmaceutical sector with a footprint in 40 countries.

Pharmaceuticals •Listed

Integrated contract research, development, and manufacturing organisation serving pharmaceutical and biotechnology programs across discovery, development, and…

Biotechnology •Listed

Listed Surat custom-synthesis and specialty-chemicals maker; completed a Rs1,750 Cr controlling-stake buy of Bliss GVS Pharma…

Surat •2003

Pharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing, and commercializing generic pharmaceuticals, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and injectables globally.

Hyderabad •1986

Listed Gujarat-based pharmaceutical formulations maker focused on injectables and other dosage forms, with WHO-GMP certified manufacturing.

Vadodara •1992

Biopharmaceutical company developing affordable medicines across generics, biosimilars, research services, and novel biologics.

Biotechnology •Listed

Listed branded-formulations maker (150+ brands, anti-malarials, suppositories) with six Maharashtra plants; Anupam Rasayan took a controlling…

Mumbai •1984

Pharmaceutical company manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients, intermediates, starting materials, and nutraceutical ingredients.

1990

Pharmaceutical company whose API business manufactures and supplies active pharmaceutical ingredients to generic-drug manufacturers worldwide.

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients •Listed

Active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer acquired by La Renon Healthcare in a majority-stake transaction.

2006

Listed Mumbai pharma formulations maker with a veterinary line; bought 26% of pet pharmacy chain Goodman…

Mumbai •1987

Biopharma company focused on discovering, developing, and delivering medicines and vaccines.

Biotechnology •Listed

Unlisted pharmaceutical company (registered office MIDC Tarapur, Maharashtra) selling its wellness portfolio to Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals via…

1980

Listed Vapi-based fermentation API maker building a global CDMO platform; closed the JPY 21.5bn acquisition of…

Vapi •1981

Listed New Delhi pharma formulations company; in Sep 2026 it agreed to buy Group Pharmaceuticals' wellness…

New Delhi •1978

Chennai-based branded-formulations pharma company focused on central nervous system therapies (epilepsy, neuropathic pain, depression, autism), with…

Chennai •2007

Indian pharma company (human-health formulations, R&D, contract manufacturing) that sold its companion-animal business SAVAVET to Zenex…

Pharmaceuticals

Multiples PE-backed animal-health company (livestock, poultry, companion animals); bought SAVA Healthcare's pet business SAVAVET in Sep…

Ahmedabad •2021