Venture Catalysts

Venture Catalysts is recognized as Asia's largest integrated incubator, established in 2016, which offers investments ranging from $500,000 to $2 million per startup, along with incubation support for 18 to 24 months. It has successfully incubated notable companies such as BharatPe, Fynd, and Innov8, which have emerged as leaders in their respective categories. With a robust network of over 4,500 angel investors across 36 cities in six countries, including India, Hong Kong, and the UAE, Venture Catalysts has attracted participation from prominent global investors like YCombinator and Greenoaks. The organization focuses on nurturing the startup ecosystem in Tier II and III cities in India, conducting incubation programs in locations such as Ahmedabad, Lucknow, and Surat, as well as major metros. In addition to providing seed and Series A funding, Venture Catalysts excels in startup development, strategic guidance, and investor education, ensuring substantial returns for its investors. Its leadership in the early-stage investment landscape is underscored by the successful fundraising of over ten incubatees in a challenging market environment, solidifying its reputation as a top early-stage investor in India.

Anil Jain

Co-Founder

Past deals in Food

Malaki

Seed Round in 2025
Malaki is a premium brand specializing in the functional beverage sector, dedicated to producing healthy and flavorful sparkling drinks. The company offers a diverse range of products, including twenty-four karat gold water, alkaline drinks, luxury teas, zero-calorie tonics, and vitamin-enriched beverages. By providing a unique selection of drinks, Malaki aims to cater to health-conscious consumers seeking affordable yet distinctive options in the beverage market.

Let's Try

Seed Round in 2025
Let's Try is a producer of Indian snacks that offers a diverse range of healthier alternatives to traditional junk food. The company focuses on creating products that are both tasty and nutritious, using ingredients such as pure groundnut oil and water, while avoiding artificial flavors, colors, trans fats, and cholesterol. Their product lineup includes popular items like mixes, cookies, methi mathri, tikoni mathri, and masala namakpare, catering to a wide audience seeking flavorful snacks for break-time munching. Let's Try aims to provide innovative snack options at affordable prices, appealing to consumers who prioritize health without sacrificing taste.

Skippi Ice Pops

Seed Round in 2024
Skippi Ice Pops is a manufacturer of high-quality ice popsicles designed for health-conscious consumers. The brand focuses on producing ice pops that are made with natural colors and preservatives, ensuring that there are no artificial sweeteners in their products. Skippi offers a variety of flavors, allowing consumers to enjoy healthy alternatives to traditional ice cream. The company emphasizes clean and green manufacturing processes, aligning with the growing demand for healthier snack options.

Zypp Electric

Series C in 2024
Zypp Electric is a company focused on transforming last-mile delivery through its electric vehicle (EV) solutions, primarily utilizing e-scooters. It operates an app that facilitates the delivery of goods across various sectors, including e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food, promoting a shift to electric transportation to reduce emissions. By offering a dockless e-scooter sharing service, Zypp enables users to locate and access vehicles easily, enhancing convenience and affordability for deliveries. The company's commitment to sustainability has positioned it as a pioneer in the EV logistics sector, achieving EBITDA-positive status through its innovative approach to decarbonizing transportation and making last-mile delivery more efficient.

The Betel Leaf

Venture Round in 2024
The Betel Leaf Co. is India’s first online paan delivery service approved by the FSSAI, aiming to modernize the traditional Indian dessert known as paan. The company offers a diverse selection of 45 different flavors, which include options such as traditional, flavored, exotic, healthy, naturally sweetened, and chocolate-coated betel leaves and bars. This range allows customers to satisfy post-meal cravings while opting for a tobacco-free and healthier alternative to conventional paans. By merging tradition with innovation, The Betel Leaf Co. seeks to enhance the enjoyment of this popular delicacy in the modern context.

SupplyNote

Series A in 2023
SupplyNote is a B2B platform that specializes in streamlining and digitalizing supply chain management for the food and beverage industry. The company focuses on simplifying the procurement process by connecting restaurant owners with suppliers, thereby enhancing transparency, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Its platform provides various solutions, including automated purchasing, vendor management, and real-time inventory tracking. Additionally, SupplyNote offers backend services that support daily restaurant operations, such as food packaging, pest control, housekeeping, and payment processing. By enabling restaurants to reduce turnaround times and execution costs, SupplyNote allows businesses to concentrate on their core competencies and enhances the overall logistics and inventory management within the food industry.

TagZ Foods

Seed Round in 2023
TagZ Foods is a snack food manufacturer specializing in popped chip snacks. They offer a range of high-quality, baked snacks including chips and cookies, catering to health-conscious consumers seeking tasty options.

Zypp Electric

Series B in 2023
Zypp Electric is a company focused on transforming last-mile delivery through its electric vehicle (EV) solutions, primarily utilizing e-scooters. It operates an app that facilitates the delivery of goods across various sectors, including e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food, promoting a shift to electric transportation to reduce emissions. By offering a dockless e-scooter sharing service, Zypp enables users to locate and access vehicles easily, enhancing convenience and affordability for deliveries. The company's commitment to sustainability has positioned it as a pioneer in the EV logistics sector, achieving EBITDA-positive status through its innovative approach to decarbonizing transportation and making last-mile delivery more efficient.

Burma Burma

Seed Round in 2022
Burma Burma operates a Burmese restaurant chain offering authentic Burmese cuisine with fresh ingredients and distinctive flavors. The concept centers on traditional recipes and Burmese heritage, providing a dining experience that serves as a cultural gathering. The menu includes vegan Burmese options and a curated selection of tea, reflecting the culture, taste, and food of Burma.

Super K

Seed Round in 2022
Super K transports grocery, confectionery, savory biscuits, chocolates, canned delicatessen meat, kitchen preserves, canned vegetables, and canned fish. They deliver spices, dried fruits, cakes, dried vegetables, oils, olives, and condiments. If anyone wants to contact them please contact them via phone call or email.

WickedGud

Seed Round in 2022
WickedGud is to make eating guilt-free, and change the way the world consumes comfort foods for the better by using indigenous, high nutrition ingredients. WickedGud is an online store that offers nutritious snacks from pizza to noodles. It creates a habitual indulgence made from nutrition-rich ingredients that are plant-based and have no preservatives. WickedGud bridges the gap between tasty junk food and boring healthy food. It has no artificial colours, pro prortein and nutritious.

Zypp Electric

Series B in 2022
Zypp Electric is a company focused on transforming last-mile delivery through its electric vehicle (EV) solutions, primarily utilizing e-scooters. It operates an app that facilitates the delivery of goods across various sectors, including e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food, promoting a shift to electric transportation to reduce emissions. By offering a dockless e-scooter sharing service, Zypp enables users to locate and access vehicles easily, enhancing convenience and affordability for deliveries. The company's commitment to sustainability has positioned it as a pioneer in the EV logistics sector, achieving EBITDA-positive status through its innovative approach to decarbonizing transportation and making last-mile delivery more efficient.

Let's Try

Seed Round in 2022
Let's Try is a producer of Indian snacks that offers a diverse range of healthier alternatives to traditional junk food. The company focuses on creating products that are both tasty and nutritious, using ingredients such as pure groundnut oil and water, while avoiding artificial flavors, colors, trans fats, and cholesterol. Their product lineup includes popular items like mixes, cookies, methi mathri, tikoni mathri, and masala namakpare, catering to a wide audience seeking flavorful snacks for break-time munching. Let's Try aims to provide innovative snack options at affordable prices, appealing to consumers who prioritize health without sacrificing taste.

Faarms

Seed Round in 2022
Faarms is a creative digital platform that serves farmers' requirements. They want to provide farmers with a one-stop shop for all of their needs, including seeds, fertilizer, insecticides, animal feed, and more, all of which can be delivered right to their door. Their portal provides videos on a variety of topics about agriculture-related goods and methods, providing a chance for online education.

NOTO

Seed Round in 2022
NOTO is a Mumbai-based food manufacturer that produces and sells vegan ice creams and frozen desserts, including online. Founded in 2019, it focuses on healthy, low-calorie options that integrate protein and prebiotic fiber without added preservatives, artificial sweeteners, flavors, or colors. The company's products are designed for consumers seeking guilt-free desserts that fit dietary goals.

NutriTap

Seed Round in 2022
NutriTap operates a business model centered around automated retail machines that dispense nutritious foods and beverages. The company aims to promote healthier lifestyles among busy professionals by providing convenient access to wholesome options within corporate environments. NutriTap's team of nutritionists curates products based on modern lifestyle needs, ensuring variety and quality. Employees can use digital payment methods for swift transactions, with each purchase taking approximately 45 seconds.

Lil'Goodness

Seed Round in 2022
Lil'Goodness is a startup dedicated to promoting healthy eating among children. The company offers a range of nutritious food products, with a focus on incorporating cocoa as a primary ingredient. Through its app and social media platforms, Lil'Goodness engages with mothers, providing them with resources and community support. The startup aims to make healthy diets appealing to children aged five to eighteen by combining healthier product options with gamification and interactive experiences. This approach enables millennial parents to access and choose nutritious meals for their children in an enjoyable and engaging manner.

Waffle House

Seed Round in 2021
Waffle House is a renowned restaurant chain that has been serving customers since 1955, establishing itself as a cultural icon in the Southern United States. The establishment is known for its commitment to providing good food paired with exceptional service, creating a welcoming environment where regular patrons are often greeted by name. The menu primarily focuses on breakfast items, offering a diverse selection that includes waffles, pancakes, eggs, and various signature dishes such as Bert's Chili and Lib's Patty Melt. Waffle House emphasizes freshness in food preparation and aims to provide great value through generous portions and quality offerings. The chain’s unique dining experience fosters social interaction among customers and staff, contributing to its lasting popularity.

The Betel Leaf

Seed Round in 2021
The Betel Leaf Co. is India’s first online paan delivery service approved by the FSSAI, aiming to modernize the traditional Indian dessert known as paan. The company offers a diverse selection of 45 different flavors, which include options such as traditional, flavored, exotic, healthy, naturally sweetened, and chocolate-coated betel leaves and bars. This range allows customers to satisfy post-meal cravings while opting for a tobacco-free and healthier alternative to conventional paans. By merging tradition with innovation, The Betel Leaf Co. seeks to enhance the enjoyment of this popular delicacy in the modern context.

Leap Club

Seed Round in 2021
Leap Club is Good Eggs for India. People can order fresh, organic & healthy groceries from local farms over Whatsapp & have their food delivered within 12 hours of harvesting.

SupplyNote

Seed Round in 2021
SupplyNote is a B2B platform that specializes in streamlining and digitalizing supply chain management for the food and beverage industry. The company focuses on simplifying the procurement process by connecting restaurant owners with suppliers, thereby enhancing transparency, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Its platform provides various solutions, including automated purchasing, vendor management, and real-time inventory tracking. Additionally, SupplyNote offers backend services that support daily restaurant operations, such as food packaging, pest control, housekeeping, and payment processing. By enabling restaurants to reduce turnaround times and execution costs, SupplyNote allows businesses to concentrate on their core competencies and enhances the overall logistics and inventory management within the food industry.

F5 Tea

Seed Round in 2021
F5 Tea is an online platform established in 2016 that assists users in locating nearby restaurants and coffee shops. The platform enables individuals to create accounts, allowing them to browse and discover local dining and beverage options conveniently. F5 Tea focuses on enhancing the user experience by providing accessible information about food and beverage establishments in their vicinity.

Zypp Electric

Series A in 2021
Zypp Electric is a company focused on transforming last-mile delivery through its electric vehicle (EV) solutions, primarily utilizing e-scooters. It operates an app that facilitates the delivery of goods across various sectors, including e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food, promoting a shift to electric transportation to reduce emissions. By offering a dockless e-scooter sharing service, Zypp enables users to locate and access vehicles easily, enhancing convenience and affordability for deliveries. The company's commitment to sustainability has positioned it as a pioneer in the EV logistics sector, achieving EBITDA-positive status through its innovative approach to decarbonizing transportation and making last-mile delivery more efficient.

Keeros

Seed Round in 2021
Keeros is a producer of roasted snack products that aims to provide healthier alternatives for mid-meal cravings. Founded by Sachin Sahni and Simran Sahni, who have extensive experience in the health and wellness sector, the company addresses the need for nutritious snacks that are both appealing and affordable. Recognizing the prevalence of unhealthy, deep-fried snacks laden with artificial flavors, the founders focused on creating options that cater specifically to health-conscious consumers, including those with diabetes, who often have limited choices. Drawing inspiration from traditional Indian foods and global health trends, Keeros developed its range of Roasted Supersnacks, which are low in calories, free from artificial ingredients, and minimally processed. This commitment to health and taste enables consumers to adopt healthier eating habits while satisfying their snack cravings.

Zypp Electric

Seed Round in 2021
Zypp Electric is a company focused on transforming last-mile delivery through its electric vehicle (EV) solutions, primarily utilizing e-scooters. It operates an app that facilitates the delivery of goods across various sectors, including e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food, promoting a shift to electric transportation to reduce emissions. By offering a dockless e-scooter sharing service, Zypp enables users to locate and access vehicles easily, enhancing convenience and affordability for deliveries. The company's commitment to sustainability has positioned it as a pioneer in the EV logistics sector, achieving EBITDA-positive status through its innovative approach to decarbonizing transportation and making last-mile delivery more efficient.

Auric (Zenith Drinks Private Limited)

Seed Round in 2021
Auric is a Beauty & Wellness brand based on Ayurveda, Plant-Based ancient science from India. It is a digital first, D2C brand with presence in India & US. Natural, Low calories beverages is the first entry point to enter lifestyle of millennials. The brand is nicely positioned between aspiration & convenience as well as Western Logic & Eastern Wisdom. The product on other hand is at crossroads of Supplement Benefits & Grocery Convenience Tailwinds - #Provenance #BeautyFoods #Wellness #Yoga

F5 Tea

Seed Round in 2021
F5 Tea is an online platform established in 2016 that assists users in locating nearby restaurants and coffee shops. The platform enables individuals to create accounts, allowing them to browse and discover local dining and beverage options conveniently. F5 Tea focuses on enhancing the user experience by providing accessible information about food and beverage establishments in their vicinity.

TruNativ

Seed Round in 2021
TruNativ is a nutrition company focused on developing and marketing clean-label, healthy food and beverage products that are nutritionally complete. It operates an online marketplace that provides conveniently packaged items with minimal processing, ensuring that the natural goodness of the ingredients is preserved while also minimizing environmental impact. TruNativ aims to offer customers access to tested food products that deliver balanced nutrition, supporting their fitness goals at reasonable prices.

TagZ Foods

Seed Round in 2021
TagZ Foods is a snack food manufacturer specializing in popped chip snacks. They offer a range of high-quality, baked snacks including chips and cookies, catering to health-conscious consumers seeking tasty options.

qZense Labs

Seed Round in 2020
qZense Labs develops an IoT-based platform and handheld scanners that enable quick, non-destructive internal quality grading of fresh food. The system collects data on ripeness, spoilage, sweetness and shelf life to help retailers predict shelf life, optimize inventory, and strengthen quality control across the food supply chain.

Humus

Seed Round in 2020
Humus is a Bengaluru-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in providing end-to-end logistics solutions for the Indian agricultural sector. By eliminating intermediaries, it connects farmers directly with retailers, streamlining complex supply chain processes. The company focuses on enhancing crop inputs and optimizing resources to help farmers achieve better yields. Additionally, Humus emphasizes accurate procurement based on the demand and supply of agricultural produce, ensuring that farmers receive fair prices for their products. Through these initiatives, Humus aims to create a more efficient and cost-effective agricultural ecosystem.

Raskik

Seed Round in 2020
Raskik is a beverage startup specializing in fusion beverages crafted from coconut water and fresh fruits sourced directly from its own farmlands. It offers three varieties of these healthy drinks, targeting Generation Z consumers, millennials, and families through general retailers and online platforms.

Raskik

Seed Round in 2020
Raskik is a beverage startup specializing in fusion beverages crafted from coconut water and fresh fruits sourced directly from its own farmlands. It offers three varieties of these healthy drinks, targeting Generation Z consumers, millennials, and families through general retailers and online platforms.

Brew House

Seed Round in 2020
Brewhouse ice tea is made from real-brewed tea leaves, which means it's not made from a powder or concentrate formulated in a lab, but by brewing real tea leaves in hot water. It uses whole-leaf tea from the Nilgiris in South India, which produce some of the finest teas in the world. And since high quality brewed tea tastes great naturally, it needs lesser sugar than most other bottled teas do.

SupplyNote

Seed Round in 2020
SupplyNote is a B2B platform that specializes in streamlining and digitalizing supply chain management for the food and beverage industry. The company focuses on simplifying the procurement process by connecting restaurant owners with suppliers, thereby enhancing transparency, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Its platform provides various solutions, including automated purchasing, vendor management, and real-time inventory tracking. Additionally, SupplyNote offers backend services that support daily restaurant operations, such as food packaging, pest control, housekeeping, and payment processing. By enabling restaurants to reduce turnaround times and execution costs, SupplyNote allows businesses to concentrate on their core competencies and enhances the overall logistics and inventory management within the food industry.

TagZ Foods

Seed Round in 2020
TagZ Foods is a snack food manufacturer specializing in popped chip snacks. They offer a range of high-quality, baked snacks including chips and cookies, catering to health-conscious consumers seeking tasty options.

F5 Tea

Seed Round in 2020
F5 Tea is an online platform established in 2016 that assists users in locating nearby restaurants and coffee shops. The platform enables individuals to create accounts, allowing them to browse and discover local dining and beverage options conveniently. F5 Tea focuses on enhancing the user experience by providing accessible information about food and beverage establishments in their vicinity.

F5 Tea

Seed Round in 2019
F5 Tea is an online platform established in 2016 that assists users in locating nearby restaurants and coffee shops. The platform enables individuals to create accounts, allowing them to browse and discover local dining and beverage options conveniently. F5 Tea focuses on enhancing the user experience by providing accessible information about food and beverage establishments in their vicinity.

Zypp Electric

Seed Round in 2019
Zypp Electric is a company focused on transforming last-mile delivery through its electric vehicle (EV) solutions, primarily utilizing e-scooters. It operates an app that facilitates the delivery of goods across various sectors, including e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food, promoting a shift to electric transportation to reduce emissions. By offering a dockless e-scooter sharing service, Zypp enables users to locate and access vehicles easily, enhancing convenience and affordability for deliveries. The company's commitment to sustainability has positioned it as a pioneer in the EV logistics sector, achieving EBITDA-positive status through its innovative approach to decarbonizing transportation and making last-mile delivery more efficient.

Chai Break

Seed Round in 2019
Chai Break operates a chain of casual cafes in Kolkata that offer coffee, tea and a range of beverages along with light meals, with a menu spanning Indian, Italian and Chinese cuisines as well as pizzas, fries and other snacks. The concept targets a young urban clientele seeking a budget-friendly hangout, providing an affordable, sociable space for casual dining and socializing.

FYRE

Seed Round in 2019
FYRE is claimed to be India’s first functional energy shot that gives a consumer instant energy that lasts for many hours backed by the goodness of Ayurveda

Adurcup

Seed Round in 2019
Started in July 2015 by alumni's from IIT Kanpur - Adurup is India's leading restaurant procurement platform.With a vision to create automation for procurement in F&B industry, Adurcup is making a difference by helping restaurants procure well to service the consumers. Adurcup aims to improve the supply chain infrastructure of F&B industry. To address the same Adurcup offers solution in two domains : 1.B2B e-commerce platform - Adurcup offers a single point procurement solution in form of a web platform (www.adurcup.com) for standalone restaurants to shop products and services across categories ( food packaging,grocery,housekeeping materials,customized packaging ,pest control ,social wifi) and plan expenses.Clients include : Wow momo's,Devyani International,Impressario restaurants,Curefit ,Tea Halt etc. 2.Outsourcing solution - Adurcup offers three point solution for chain outlets to cater to their complete supply chain, comprising of - SOURCING, STORAGE and DISTRIBUTION through customized web dashboards having tools to manage inventory, trigger purchases and manage end-to-end supply chain.Clients include : Nazeer Hospitality , Wataburger etc With these solutions, Adurcup today impacts more than 1 million dining out experiences , half a million food deliveries and empowers more than 500+ SME's in the value chain.

Chai Break

Seed Round in 2019
Chai Break operates a chain of casual cafes in Kolkata that offer coffee, tea and a range of beverages along with light meals, with a menu spanning Indian, Italian and Chinese cuisines as well as pizzas, fries and other snacks. The concept targets a young urban clientele seeking a budget-friendly hangout, providing an affordable, sociable space for casual dining and socializing.

Lo! Foods

Seed Round in 2019
Lo! Foods is a packaged foods company that offers low-carbohydrate and ketogenic products to support a balanced diet. Its range includes flours, snacks, cookies, chocolates, and meal subscriptions, sold primarily through e-commerce channels. By emphasizing reduced carbohydrate content, the company targets consumers seeking a low-carb or keto lifestyle and healthier alternatives to traditional snacks.

Keeros

Seed Round in 2019
Keeros is a producer of roasted snack products that aims to provide healthier alternatives for mid-meal cravings. Founded by Sachin Sahni and Simran Sahni, who have extensive experience in the health and wellness sector, the company addresses the need for nutritious snacks that are both appealing and affordable. Recognizing the prevalence of unhealthy, deep-fried snacks laden with artificial flavors, the founders focused on creating options that cater specifically to health-conscious consumers, including those with diabetes, who often have limited choices. Drawing inspiration from traditional Indian foods and global health trends, Keeros developed its range of Roasted Supersnacks, which are low in calories, free from artificial ingredients, and minimally processed. This commitment to health and taste enables consumers to adopt healthier eating habits while satisfying their snack cravings.

Chai Break

Seed Round in 2019
Chai Break operates a chain of casual cafes in Kolkata that offer coffee, tea and a range of beverages along with light meals, with a menu spanning Indian, Italian and Chinese cuisines as well as pizzas, fries and other snacks. The concept targets a young urban clientele seeking a budget-friendly hangout, providing an affordable, sociable space for casual dining and socializing.

Desi Farms

Seed Round in 2018
Desi Farms processes and packages milk and milk products and produces dairy and wellness items, including milk, ghee, paneer, curd, yoghurt, lassi, buttermilk and sweets. The company operates in an ISO-certified facility with multiple quality checks and sources directly from farmers to offer fresh, natural and traceable dairy products through home delivery and subscription services.

Chai Break

Angel Round in 2017
Chai Break operates a chain of casual cafes in Kolkata that offer coffee, tea and a range of beverages along with light meals, with a menu spanning Indian, Italian and Chinese cuisines as well as pizzas, fries and other snacks. The concept targets a young urban clientele seeking a budget-friendly hangout, providing an affordable, sociable space for casual dining and socializing.

FYRE

Seed Round in 2017
FYRE is claimed to be India’s first functional energy shot that gives a consumer instant energy that lasts for many hours backed by the goodness of Ayurveda

Supr Daily

Seed Round in 2016
Supr Techlabs Pvt. Ltd., operating under the brand Supr Daily, specializes in delivering essential daily products directly to customers' doorsteps. Founded in 2015 and based in Mumbai, India, the company offers a variety of items including milk, bakery products, eggs, coconut water, dosa batter, juices, and other dairy products. Supr Daily provides an online subscription-based platform that digitizes the traditional milk delivery system, allowing users to order these products conveniently through its app. Customers can add items to their cart and complete their orders before 10 PM, ensuring that a box of selected products is available outside their door the following morning. This service aims to simplify the shopping experience for users seeking fresh and essential daily need items.
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