Consumer brands startups in Bengaluru

Ankit Nagori

Founded 2020 by Cure.fit co-founder Ankit Nagori; a cloud-kitchen house of food brands (EatFit, Frozen Bottle and others) across Indian cities.

Ananth Narayanan

Founded 2021 by ex-Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan; a 'house of brands' acquiring and scaling D2C businesses. One of India's fastest to unicorn status.

Fa-Hertz / Anvis Hospitality (Shashank Sinha)

Pet-food (dog/cat nutrition) D2C and FMCG brand that reached unicorn status in 2025 via a large secondary/primary round. One of India's leading pet-nutrition players.

Naveen Tewari, Piyush Shah, Abhay Singhal

Founded 2019 (InMobi spinout). AI-powered lock-screen content and commerce platform (Glance, Roposo). Unicorn valued ~$2B.

Rohan Nayak, Prateek Dixit, Nishanth Srinivasagowda, Dana Ram Meghwal

Founded 2018. Audio-series / audio-entertainment platform scaling fast in India and the US (~$250M ARR). Soonicorn; raised ~$197M total.

Deepika Padukone, Jigar Saraiya, Mihir Vora

Founded 2021, D2C clinically-tested skincare brand co-founded by Deepika Padukone, with in-house R&D in Bengaluru. Positioned as a premium, science-led Indian self-care line.

Pallav Bihani

Founded 2018, D2C fitness & wellness brand spanning 400+ SKUs (equipment, supplements, athleisure, yoga gear). Raised ~INR 110 Cr from Bessemer Venture Partners. Profitable, fast-growing health & fitness con...

Anurag Saboo, Gaurav Pushkar

Founded 2018, D2C men's essentials/innerwear & loungewear brand (HQ Koramangala 6th Block). Competes with XYXX, Bummer; backed by A91 Partners, Whiteboard Capital. Comfort-tech-led men's wear.

Pulkit Chhabra, Utsav Agarwal

Founded 2021, Thrasio-style e-commerce roll-up acquiring and scaling digital-first sellers across pet/baby care, athleisure and kitchenware. Operates a Bengaluru (Sector 2/HSR) base. NOTE: sometimes listed a...

Kanwaljit Singh

Bengaluru-based consumer-brands-focused VC; India's marquee early-stage D2C fund. Portfolio includes boAt, Mamaearth, Yogabar, Bombay Shaving Company, Slurrp Farm, Samosa Singh and more. Central node of the ...

Hitesh Dhingra, Manish Sharma

Made-in-India social/dating and audio-interaction app focused on non-metro (Tier 2/3) cities. Raised ~$25M to expand its dating product.

Ishendra Agarwal, Nikita Prasad, Sachin Shetty

Founded 2019, D2C fine & silver jewellery brand with strong omnichannel (200+ stores) expansion. Raised ~INR 530 Cr (2025) led by Creaegis with Premji Invest, Epiq Capital. A leading D2C jewellery scale-up.

Saroja Yeramilli

Founded 2016, D2C fast-fashion fine-gold jewellery brand bringing weekly trend-led collections online. Backed by Lightbox, 8 Roads; built one of India's first digital-first gold jewellery plays.

Navin Parwal, Sangeet Agarwal

Founded 2019, D2C premium luggage & travel-gear brand (backed/endorsed by Deepika Padukone). Raised Series A from Saama Capital, Sauce VC, Alteria; known for design-led hard-shell luggage and fast D2C growth.

Sumit Jasoria, Shivam Soni

Founded 2022, D2C-first omnichannel fast-fashion brand for Gen-Z women (18–26) across Tier 1/2/3; opened its first store in Bengaluru within 9 months and runs 18+ company-owned stores. Trend-led rapid-drop a...

Manu Chandra

Consumer-brand-focused early-stage fund active across BLR D2C (backed Mokobara, Yogabar, Wingreens-adjacent F&B). Specialist consumer/D2C capital. (Verify primary office city — operates strongly in BLR D2C d...

Siddharth Dungarwal

Founded 2020, fast-fashion D2C menswear brand (the 'Zara of India') known for rapid drops and Shark Tank India visibility. ~INR 506 Cr FY25 revenue; raised ~INR 340 Cr Series B at a ~INR 2,500 Cr valuation; ...

Anish Basu Roy, Saumya Kumar, Sumit Kumar

Founded 2019, D2C 'better-for-you' snacking brand (popped potato chips with ~50% less fat) plus functional beverages. Shark Tank India alum; built distribution across modern trade and q-commerce.

Mohit Kumar & Vatsal Singhal

Founded 2019 (Ultrahuman Healthcare Pvt Ltd, RoC Karnataka); metabolic-health and wearables company best known for the Ultrahuman Ring AIR smart ring and the M1 continuous glucose monitor. Exports globally a...

Amar Nagaram (ex-Myntra CEO)

Founded 2022 by former Myntra CEO Amar Nagaram, a sustainable, zero-inventory-waste D2C fashion brand for Gen-Z women. Raised ~$37M+ from Accel, Prosus and 30+ investors. Tech-led demand-driven fashion model.

Manish Chowdhary, Karan Chowdhary, Ashwin Sokke, Arvind Sokke

Founded 2014, D2C beauty & personal-care house (skin, hair, body) built digital-first across own site + marketplaces. ChrysCapital invested ~$50M (2021) at a ~$125M valuation. One of India's earliest large B...

Aparna Saxena

Founded 2024. D2C beauty/personal-care brand with multifunctional, time-saving products for urban women. Raised ~₹28 Cr seed (Jan 2026) led by Fireside Ventures (V3 Ventures, Rukam Capital).

Amit Nanwani, Diksha Pande

Founded ~2018, tech-enabled D2C QSR/snack brand selling ~50 lakh samosas a year across stores + delivery marketplaces + its own channel. Bringing standardization and branding to India's humble samosa.

Shikhar Veer Singh, Nidhi Singh

Founded 2016, D2C/cloud-kitchen samosa & savoury-snacks QSR brand with 50+ outlets and packaged-D2C distribution. Backed by Fireside Ventures. A founder couple who sold their flat to start it.