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St Anselm's Jodhpur

38 startups on the map where they work.

Events

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This week 1 gathering
  1. Proposed eChai Startup Demo Day in Jodhpur
    6 pm - 8 pm
    0 of 20 interested
1 DEC 2025 · Jodhpur eChai's Jodhpur Startup Mixer
5 SEP 2016 · Jodhpur Jodhpur Accelerator Program
15 JUL 2016 · Jodhpur Jodhpur Startup Meet-Up

Meanwhile, across eChai

Ahmedabad · Thu 24 Sep eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad · Thu 24 Sep eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad : SBR Edition Bengaluru · Fri 25 Sep The Great Product Festival 2026 Hyderabad · Fri 25 Sep AI Builders Meetup : Hyderabad edition Delhi-NCR · Sat 26 Sep eChai Startup Demo Day in Delhi-NCR Mumbai · Sat 26 Sep eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai

On the map

Basni 4

Boranada 4

  • Manish Agro Industries (guar gum) Foodtech / F&B in Boranada
  • Neelkanth Health Care NEELKANTH HEALTHCARE PVT LTD is one of the best Manufacturer,Supplier,Exporter of Aqua Feed Supplement,Toxin Powder we are based In Jodhpur
  • Serenity International Serenity International is a furniture manufacturer in India with in-house production, exporting solid wood, metal…
  • Syrma Johari Medtech Syrma Johari MedTech Limited is your one-stop hub for bringing your MedTech concept to life, including design…

Heavy Industrial Area 4

  • Anand Rathi IT Robotic Process Automation (RPA) & QA Automation Company
  • BASTTL Media Basttl Media - A high-growth D2C marketing agency specializing in performance marketing, content strategy, and scaling e-commerce brands.
  • Dainik Bhaskar Jodhpur Dainik Bhaskar (दैनिक भास्कर) Hindi News Samachar - Find all Hindi News and Samachar, News in Hindi…
  • ROBOAI HUB Robotics in Heavy Industrial Area

Paota 4

Sardarpura 3

Chopasni Housing Board 2

Banar Road 1

Bhagat Ki Kothi 1

  • JCR Cab & Car Rental Unit Jodhpur JCRCabs offer taxi service In Rajasthan for travellers planning a Rajasthan tour by road. Now hire our Car Hire In Jodhpur at Rs 10 per km

Chopasni 1

  • Marugarh Resort Marugarh Hotels offers a luxury resort near Jodhpur Railway Station and premium camps in Sam Sand Dunes…

Chopasni Road 1

Gulab Sagar 1

Jhalamand 1

Kamla Nehru Nagar 1

  • ASG Eye Hospital Discover ASG Eye Hospital – 180+ centres, 700+ specialists, trusted by 3 crore+ eyes.

Kudi Bhagtasni 1

MBM Engineering College 1

  • Growcify Growcify is a no-code eCommerce SaaS platform that helps retailers launch a branded Android & iOS app, website, inventory dashboard…

Marudhar Industrial Area 1

New Power House 1

  • E4Engineer Experience the future of efficiency with our innovative IoT-based solutions, transforming management across various sectors.

Ratanada 1

  • Jodhpur Development Authority The government of Rajasthan is committed to public welfare as well being of its public is the priority of the Government.

Sangaria 1

Saraswati Nagar 1

  • Click400 Technologies Grow your D2C brand with a certified Shopify partner. Custom stores, migrations & performance marketing built to convert.

Sardar Market 1

Sursagar 1

  • EduBridge Learning Get 110% job guarantee with our best professional online courses with certificates in India.

Umaid Bhawan 1

Where the city gathers

Campuses 39

Cafes 11

Coworking spaces 6

Communities 4

Investor 1

Startups

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TURMS (URturms) D2C

Surender Singh Rajpurohit

Founded 2016; D2C 'intelligent apparel' brand with patented anti-stain / anti-odour / water-resistant clothing and Red-Aloe-Vera-infused fabrics. Raised ~US$1.7M across 3 rounds (backers incl. Freshworks' Gi...

Yearbook Canvas SaaS

Sushil Sharma, Devesh Rakhecha & Suraj Goyal

Jodhpur-based SaaS/consumer startup billed as India's #1 yearbook company (digital yearbooks, alumni & corporate memory books via app + portal); serves IITs/IIMs and global institutes. Raised ~US$443K across...

BASTTL Group Conglomerate

Multi-vertical Jodhpur conglomerate (automotive media, AI, robotics, digital content/creator economy, jewellery, training) reported crossing a combined ~Rs 150 crore (~US$18M) valuation across nine companies...

IIT Jodhpur Deeptech

TISC / AIoT Innovation Hub (deeptech incubator)

The Technology Innovation & Startup Centre (TISC) and AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) Technology Park/Fab facility are IIT Jodhpur's deeptech engine — thematically unique 'AIoT' focus, targeting inc...

MaxAix AI

Bharat Paryani

AI-first engineering/consulting firm building custom SaaS platforms, AI agents and HR-tech that fit into existing enterprise workflows (ops bottlenecks, HR). Early-stage, bootstrapped; representative of Jodh...

Pingala AI (Prithvi.AI) AI

IIT Jodhpur AIoT accelerator partner

Seed-stage acceleration entity associated with IIT Jodhpur's AIoT / Industry 4.0 support system. Early and thinly documented publicly; listed here as an example of the nascent IIT Jodhpur deeptech pipeline. ...

ClimeKare climatetech

Jodhpur climate-tech venture cited among the city's national-leader cohort and expanding internationally; part of the IIT Jodhpur / Marwari Catalysts deeptech-adjacent wave. [FLAG: named in ecosystem coverag...

Duraster furniture-D2C

Jodhpur-based D2C solid-wood furniture brand — heirloom-grade Sheesham/acacia/mango-wood pieces made with vintage tools and traditional joinery. Planned experience stores in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru for an...

Elara IVF / Elara Healthcare healthtech

Affordable-IVF/ICSI fertility venture (Founder Dr. Renu Sharma) built under Marwari Catalysts' venture-studio model, scaling as a mother-and-child care network targeting tier 2-3 cities. Recent (2025-26) Jod...

INTELIQUANT AI AI

Jodhpur AI venture (name suggests quantitative/AI analytics) listed among the city's emerging-leader startups. Fits the IIT Jodhpur AIoT/AI theme. [FLAG: ecosystem-list mention only; independent detail thin ...

Krimanshi Technologies agritech

Agritech founded 2015 by Nikhil Bohra & Krishan Kant Bohra producing sustainable, low-cost livestock/animal feed from organic food waste and agri by-products. Raised ~$994K across 8 rounds (investors incl. R...

NPrep edtech

Jodhpur edtech named among the city's notable startups in ecosystem coverage (test-prep / learning positioning). [FLAG: appears in Jodhpur ecosystem lists only; no independent funding/product page verified —...

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VCs

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Rajasthan Angel Innovators' Network (RAIN) Jaipur, Rajasthan (state-wide coverage)

Rajasthan's leading angel investor network, founded 2011 and based in Jaipur, investing in early-stage, scalable businesses across the state including Jodhpur founders. FLAG: RAIN is Jaipur-headquartered, not a Jodhpur body — it is inclu...

Incubators

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iStart Nest Jodhpur (Govt. of Rajasthan Incubation Centre) Jodhpur (Government of Rajasthan iStart node)

The Jodhpur node of iStart Nest, the Government of Rajasthan's flagship incubation network run by the Department of IT & Communication. It provides free incubation to early-stage startups with mentoring, investor/accelerator connections ...

MBM University (formerly MBM Engineering College, JNVU) Ratanada, Jodhpur

One of India's oldest government engineering colleges (est. 1951), formerly a faculty of Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU) and made a State University in September 2021. It runs 27 PG and 10 doctoral programs and is cited as a key academ...

IIT Jodhpur (TISC) IIT Jodhpur Campus, NH-62, Karwar, Jodhpur

TISC is IIT Jodhpur's flagship incubator — a Section-8 company and Government-of-India-recognized Technology Business Incubator (TBI). It backs deep-tech, science- and engineering-driven startups with the campus's core theme of AIoT (Art...

IIT Jodhpur (JCKIF AIoT Innovation Hub) IIT Jodhpur Campus, NH-62, Karwar, Jodhpur

IIT Jodhpur's Technology Innovation Hub (TIH), incorporated in 2020 as the Section-8 iHub Drishti Foundation under the Government of India's NM-ICPS mission on Cyber Physical Systems. In February 2022 IIT Jodhpur, the Jodhpur City Knowle...

AIIMS Jodhpur AIIMS Jodhpur, Basni Phase-II, Jodhpur

AIIMS Jodhpur hosts an on-campus healthcare incubation centre as part of the India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre — a tripartite collaboration between AIIMS Delhi, AIIMS Jodhpur and Business Sweden (Swedish Trade Commissioner's offi...

MedTech IIT Jodhpur / AIIMS Jodhpur, Jodhpur

A joint medical-technology initiative between IIT Jodhpur and AIIMS Jodhpur that runs a Master's in Medical Technologies and a PhD program, putting engineers and doctors on a common platform. The collaboration aims to develop indigenous ...

Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology (JIET) Mogra, NH-62 (Pali Road), Jodhpur

JIET Group of Institutions runs innovation and startup incubation centres supporting student-led ventures, with modern facilities and industry partnerships. It reported 12 student startups launched in 2024 that secured angel funding, and...

Startup Oasis Jaipur, Rajasthan

Rajasthan's best-known independent incubator, a CIIE (IIM Ahmedabad) initiative based in Jaipur. FLAG: Startup Oasis is a Jaipur institution with no Jodhpur campus; it is noted here only because Jodhpur founders in state-level accelerato...

RIICO Boranada / Sangaria Industrial Areas, Jodhpur

Industrial areas developed and administered by RIICO (Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation). Boranada Phase-I was established 1 October 1991 (pin 342012) and has since grown to multiple phases (I, III, IV); the...

MSME-Development & Facilitation Office / DIC, Jodhpur Jodhpur, Rajasthan

The MSME-Development ecosystem serving Jodhpur, delivered through the Ministry of MSME and Rajasthan's MSME & Export Promotion department (Raj Udyog Mitra) plus the District Industries Centre. It runs training and facilitation programs (...

Coworking

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Working Kulture 2nd Floor, Parijat Tower, Sardarpura D Road, Jodhpur 342001

A locally-owned coworking space founded in 2018 in the central Sardarpura business district, accommodating up to 90 members. It offers floating desks, dedicated desks, private cabins (4- and 6-seater) and meeting rooms, with membership f...

DevX Coworking Mall of Jaipur, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

DevX is a national managed-office/coworking brand with a Rajasthan presence at Mall of Jaipur (and other cities such as Rajkot). FLAG: research found NO DevX location in Jodhpur — its Rajasthan footprint is Jaipur-only. Included to corre...

Communities

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iStart Jodhpur Edition (with YourStory) iStart Nest Incubation Centre, Jodhpur

YourStory x iStart confluence held Jan 19 2024 at iStart Nest, Jodhpur — sessions, practical tips and networking spanning the founder journey from ideation to investment and scaling. A concrete recent example of the ecosystem-building ev...

TiE Rajasthan (Jaipur-flag; no dedicated Jodhpur chapter) Jaipur, Rajasthan (state chapter)

TiE Rajasthan is the state chapter — headquartered in Jaipur, impacting 500+ startups/students yearly via mentoring, education, funding and networking, with a focus on women and young entrepreneurs. VERIFIED: there is no separate TiE Jod...

Marwar Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) 5 Haider Building, Sojati Gate, Jodhpur

Jodhpur's principal trade and industry chamber, incorporated 9 June 1942 — one of the oldest business membership bodies in western Rajasthan. It represents industries and traders across the Marwar region and functions as a divisional cha...

Handicrafts Expo 'Artefacts' Jodhpur (EPCH) Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC), Boranada, Jodhpur

Maiden edition of EPCH's Jodhpur handicrafts export expo, Jan 23-26 2025 at the TFC Boranada — ~100 exhibitors showing furniture, home décor, leather, metal and lifestyle crafts, inaugurated by Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekh...

iStart Ideathon Jodhpur (iStart, one of six Rajasthan cities)

iStart Rajasthan's entrepreneurial ideathon (with Studybase, Tinkerly, Codevidya) igniting startup ideas among school and college students across six Rajasthan cities including Jodhpur. A grassroots feeder that surfaces first-time founde...

Jodhpur Handicrafts Exporters' Association (JHEA) Basni Phase-1, behind Krishi Mandi, Jodhpur 342005

A premier export body of Rajasthan established in 1998 and registered as a non-profit under the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act. It represents Jodhpur's globally significant handicrafts export cluster — metal and woodwork, fabric, l...

Women founders

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Surbhi Agarwal handicraft-export

The Art Exotica

Founded The Art Exotica in Nov 2016 from her Jodhpur garage with Rs 27,000 in savings, after a career in brand/product management and investment analysis. The venture manufactures and exports Indian handicra...

Dr. Renu Sharma healthtech

Elara IVF

Founder & COO of Elara IVF, a fertility venture launched under Marwari Catalysts Group's Venture Studio Model to deliver affordable, transparent IVF/ICSI care in tier 2-3 cities. One of the few women founder...

Aditi Poyam healthtech

Sarathi Healthcare (co-founder)

Co-founder of Sarathi Healthcare (founded 2020, with Amol Bagul and Lavender Singh Rathore), a funded Jodhpur healthtech giving senior citizens access to health monitoring, homecare, doctor consults and medi...

Madhu Vaishnav textile-craft

Saheli Women

Jodhpur-native social entrepreneur who founded Saheli Women in 2015 with $100 and five craftswomen in a one-room desert studio. Now an internationally-recognised, ethically-certified textile collective emplo...

FLO Rajasthan & WICCI Rajasthan (women-entrepreneur networks) women-network

The two main women-entrepreneur support networks reaching Jodhpur: FICCI FLO (Ladies' Organisation) Rajasthan chapter and WICCI (Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry) Rajasthan, both running mentors...

Neighbourhoods

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IIT Jodhpur, Karwar

The 852 acre permanent campus on the Nagaur road about 24 km north east of the city, and the region's deeptech anchor. It runs TISC, a recognised technology business incubator themed on AI of Things, alongside the iHub Drishti innovation hub and the Srijan generative AI centre.

2 companies 4 coworking

Strong in Deeptech, AI

Boranada & Sangaria

Jodhpur's principal manufacturing belt, developed by RIICO from 1991 and now spread across several phases south west of the city. It concentrates the export handicrafts, wooden and wrought iron furniture and steel and metalware units, and the Agro Food Park inside it holds guar processors. The EPCH trade facilitation centre here hosted the first Artefacts handicrafts expo in January 2025.

2 companies 1 coworking

Strong in furniture-D2C, agritech

Ratanada & Sardarpura

The commercial and professional core of modern Jodhpur, holding the corporate offices, hotels and banks along with most of the city's coworking. MBM University, one of India's oldest government engineering colleges and now a state university, sits in Ratanada with its incubation cell.

2 companies 3 coworking

Strong in Edtech, HR-tech

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Answers about the Jodhpur startup scene

What does the startup ecosystem in Jodhpur look like?

Small and concentrated, sitting on top of a much larger export economy rather than replacing it. Handicrafts and furniture export is the biggest cluster in the companies list, with healthtech and AI leading the newer tech cohort and a guar gum processing belt underneath both. The companies list above shows who is building what, filterable by vertical.

What is Jodhpur known for beyond tourism?

Two export trades. The city ships roughly US$350 million of wooden and wrought iron furniture and handicrafts a year, close to 60 per cent of Rajasthan's handicraft exports, across some 3,000 exporters and a very large artisan workforce. It is also one of the world's main guar gum processing centres, milling a desert crop that goes into food, cosmetics and oil and gas drilling.

Who are the best known startups from Jodhpur?

ASG Eye Hospital, founded in the city in 2005 and now one of India's largest eye care networks, is the most scaled. Utkarsh Classes, the government exam prep company built here from a small offline coaching institute, was acquired by Physics Wallah in 2023. Krimanshi makes livestock feed from food waste and agri residue, NPrep is an AI exam prep platform for nurses founded by AIIMS Jodhpur alumni, and TURMS is the city's best known consumer apparel brand.

Which are the top startup verticals in Jodhpur?

Handicrafts and furniture export, AI and healthtech lead, with D2C, deeptech and the guar gum and chemicals cluster close behind. Use the vertical chips above to browse the companies in each.

Which incubators and coworking spaces are in Jodhpur?

IIT Jodhpur runs TISC, a recognised technology business incubator themed on AI of Things, at its Karwar campus, and AIIMS Jodhpur hosts a health incubation centre under the India Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre. iStart Nest is the Rajasthan government's Jodhpur node, and MBM University and JIET run student incubation cells. The coworking market is small and locally owned, and the spaces are listed below.

Are there investors and VCs in Jodhpur?

Marwari Catalysts' SEBI registered angel fund is the one early stage capital vehicle headquartered in the city. Beyond it, founders here reach capital through Rajasthan wide networks such as RAIN, which is based in Jaipur, and through investors in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The investors section below lists what is active locally.

Where do founders network in Jodhpur?

Mostly around Marwari Catalysts, the accelerator and venture studio founded in the city in 2019 that has backed over 100 early stage ventures and runs a 12 week programme called Thrive, plus the iStart Nest centre and the campus groups at IIT Jodhpur and MBM University. The Marwar Chamber of Commerce and the Jodhpur Handicrafts Exporters' Association convene the export and manufacturing side. The communities section below lists them.

Does eChai run events in Jodhpur?

No. eChai ran a single programme in the city, the Jodhpur Accelerator Program in September 2016, and there has been no chapter here since. The events section shows anything upcoming, and if you would like to help start one properly, get in touch.

Want to help start eChai Jodhpur?

eChai ran one programme in Jodhpur, an accelerator programme back in September 2016, and there has been no chapter in the city since. If you are a founder or community builder who wants to convene free, open meetups here, get in touch. No membership, no fee.

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