Agritech startups in Patna
Farm to retail supply chains, inputs and on farm technology.
7 companies building in Agritech here.
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Bihar's signature agri-industry: the state produces ~85-90% of the world's makhana (foxnut), ~55-66k tonnes/yr, chiefly across 10 north-Bihar districts. 'Mithila Makhana' got a GI tag (2022) and the 2025-26 ...
FLAG: not Patna)
Included as regional-economy context, clearly OUTSIDE Patna. Muzaffarpur ('Litchi Kingdom of India') anchors Bihar's ~40%+ share of national litchi output (~300k tonnes/yr); 'Shahi Litchi' got a GI tag (2018...
Bihar's flagship dairy cooperative, est. 1983 (Anand-model), HQ Patna. ~$235M annual revenue (2026); 8 district milk unions across 38 districts; the Patna-region Vaishal Patliputra Milk Union covers Patna/Va...
Kishor Jha, Praveen Kumar
Founded 2012 (Patna-HQ) around a 'grain bank' model — a network of village micro-warehouses that digitises stored grain into a fungible, financeable asset farmers can sell any time. Raised an ~INR 81 Cr Seri...
Bihar's flagship agritech and the state's best-known startup: a full-stack farm-to-market platform (inputs, advisory, credit, insurance, market linkage) serving 650K+ farmers across Bihar/UP/Jharkhand/Odisha...
Established 2006 in Patliputra Industrial Area (Patna) in technical collaboration with ICAR's National Research Centre for Makhana and CFTRI Mysore. One of Bihar's largest organised makhana (foxnut) processo...
Makhana (fox-nut) agro-processing and D2C snacks company, established 2006 in technical collaboration with ICAR's National Research Centre for Makhana. Works with 10,000+ farmers on backward integration, cla...
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