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Foodtech startups in Patna

Delivery, cloud kitchens, fresh supply chains and packaged food brands.

8 companies building in Foodtech here.

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...

Milkvilla D2C

Mannu Jee, Aman Jee

Patna consumer startup running a hyperlocal fresh (non-packaged) milk delivery network — a D2C dairy play in a state where dairy (Sudha/COMFED) is a major rural economy. Early stage.

Puchka Party foodtech

Quirky, category-defining D2C foodtech: hygienic panipuri / gol-gappa delivery, founded by Vinit Kumar and reported to be seeking Series A. A recognisable emerging Patna consumer brand turning a beloved stre...

RailMitra traveltech

AI-enabled rail-travel super-app (2018) from the RailRestro founders — PNR status, live train running, seat availability and in-train meal ordering in one platform, partnered with RailRestro for e-catering. ...

RailRecipe Foodtech

Abhishek Kumar, Kahkashan Faridi

Patna-based IRCTC e-catering platform for ordering food delivered to train seats across Indian Railways. Another entrant in Patna's notably deep cluster of railway food-tech ventures (alongside RailRestro, Y...

RailRestro foodtech

Tech-powered e-catering / food-delivery-on-trains startup (IRCTC e-catering partner), founded 2015 by Manish Chandra & Suman Priya. Lets rail passengers order food to their seat across 7,000+ trains; largely...

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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