Offering cancer specific nutritional supplements Inception– 2018 Location– Mumbai Domain– Onco-nutrition Founder– Raktim Chattopadhyay Total team strength– 65 Total funds raised– NA Investors– NA Revenue generated since inception– NA Key Highlights- Established India’s first cancer nutrition specific R&D Centre Five global patent published, 6 other patents filled Nine Innovative[Read More…]
Start-ups
#startupoftheday 17- OZiva
Plant-based nutrition and wellness brand Inception– 2016 Location– Mumbai Domain– Plant-based nutrition Founder– Aarti Gill (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer) and Mihir Gadani (Co-Founder) Total team strength– 150+ members Total funds raised– Rs 125 crore Investors– Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Matrix Partners India Revenue generated since inception– Annualised turnover[Read More…]
#startupoftheday 15- Fitday Pvt Ltd
Holistic nutraceutical startup Inception– 2020 Location– Hyderabad Domain– Nutraceutical Founders– P Suresh Raju Total team strength– 50 Total funds raised– NA Investors/Mentors– Self-funded Revenue generated since inception– Rs 6 crore Key Highlights Planning to open 50 stores by 2023 pan[Read More…]
Singapore-based food-tech startup Shandi raises $700,000 fund
The fund will be used to set up a manufacturing facility for plant-based chicken in Singapore Plant-based food-tech company Shandi has closed its second seed round led by Singapore-headquartered Tolaram – one of Africa’s largest packaged food companies. Other investors in this round include Australia-based food-tech accelerator SparkLabs Cultiv8 and[Read More…]
#startupoftheday 13- Awsum (Fitamore Lifesciences Pvt Ltd)
India’s first functional chocolate brand for millennials Inception– 2020 Location– New Delhi Domain– Ayurveda Founders– Pranav Sharma and Kritik Thakur Total team strength– Five Total funds raised– Self-funded Investors/Mentors– Backed by Amit Nagar, MD of RSK Foods; Mentored by Joydeep Bhattacharya, MD, Consumer[Read More…]
#startupoftheday 14- Blue Tribe Foods
Offering sustainable plant-based meat options Inception: 2020 Location: Mumbai Domain– Plant-based meat Founders: Sandeep Singh and Nikki Arora Singh Total team strength: Nine Total funds raised: Bootstrapped Investors: NA Revenue generated since inception: Aims to generate Rs 1 crore revenue by the end of this year Key Highlights Launched[Read More…]
#startupoftheday 10- Drunken Monkey
Brings in fresh fruit smoothies to fill the gap Inception: 2016 Location: Hyderabad Domain– Fresh fruits-based beverages Founder: Samrat Reddy Total team strength: 40 people in its head office and indirectly about 450 people at its smoothie outlets across various cities Total funds raised: Boot strapped Revenue generated since[Read More…]
#startupoftheday 9- Lil’ Goodness
Transforming eating habits of children Inception: 2018 Location: Bengaluru Domain: Kids nutrition Founders: Harshavardhan (Chief Executive Officer), Pariksha Rao (Chief Nutrition Officer) Total team strength: 17 Total funds raised: NA Investors: Family office of Sajan Pillai- Chairman; Mclaren strategic ventures; ex-CEO, UST Global, and[Read More…]
Japan’s Next Meats to construct eco-friendly production facility
The startup aims to further stabilise the global supply chain of Next Meats products Next Meats Co, the alternative meat venture company from Tokyo known for commercialising the world’s first vegan Japanese barbecue meat analogues, has revealed the plan to start the construction of their eco-friendly production facility called the “NEXT[Read More…]
ChickP Launches plant-based egg alternative for eggs in mayonnaise
The start-up company teamed up with select food companies to help formulate egg-free recipes, including a creamy mayonnaise substitute and salad-dressings. ChickP Ltd., presents its chickpea isolate as an all-purpose, nutrition-packed, plant-based egg alternative for eggs in mayonnaise. The start-up company teamed up with select food companies to help formulate[Read More…]
