We plan to bring eChai across 100 cities in India. It starts with eChai Startup Demo Day on 26 September, all in person. 11 cities confirmed, 136 founders registered. Any city that reaches 20 interested founders is on too. See your city

D2C & consumer brands startups in Nagpur

Direct to consumer brands, packaged food and the snack manufacturing the city exports.

4 companies building in D2C & consumer brands here.

FoodbyMood Foodtech

Sangharakshak Neel

Local food-discovery and ordering app connecting Nagpur diners with restaurants; profitable/small-scale. Represents the local foodtech layer.

D2C footwear brand + social enterprise (founded 2022 by Yogesh Mankar) with a 'Jobs and Shoes for Everyone' mission — creating employment for marginalised groups while selling footwear. A Nagpur D2C/impact s...

Agarwal family

The Nagpur arm of the Haldiram's namkeen/snacks empire (brand originated Bikaner 1937; Nagpur unit long a major manufacturing + corporate base). One of India's largest FMCG snack brands with global export re...

Manish Khanchandani & Sagar Bhajani

Founded 2014; D2C/QSR food brand reinventing traditional khichdi; ~120–130 orders/day. Small food-brand success from Nagpur.

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