Founder Collections
Women-led food & beverage startups in India
Healthier snacking, regional flavours, clean-label staples and the cafés and brands behind them.
Food is the category Indian women founders have arguably owned the longest, from single-product kitchens to nationally distributed brands. You will find better-for-you snacking, millet and protein staples, specialty coffee and tea, and regional recipes turned into shelf-stable products. Some scaled on venture money; plenty grew the slow way, one repeat customer at a time.
94 companies · 9 with a founder story · Last updated 23 September 2026
94 companies · 9 with a founder story
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Aazol VenturesVerified
Apurva Purohit
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2022
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2019
Rebekah Sood, Ariella Blank
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2018
Better NutritionVerified
Aishwarya Bhatnagar
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2023
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2023
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 1990
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2019
Elizabeth Yambem
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Imphal, Manipur
- Founded
- 2017
Shalini Santosh Kumar
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2015
Earth Story FarmsVerified
Senjuti Mahato
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Thane, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2022
Zakietsono Jamir
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Medziphema, Nagaland
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2018
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2016
Zeinorin Stephen
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Ukhrul, Manipur
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Darbhanga, Bihar
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2001
Phikaralin Wanshong
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Shillong, Meghalaya
- Founded
- 2007
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Jalna, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2019
Lovey Kapur, Puja Kapur
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 1985
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2014
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Pooja Dhingra
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2010
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 1959
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2022
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2015
Zomawii Khiangte
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Aizawl, Mizoram
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Auroville, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2020
Nandita Lyngdoh
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Shillong, Meghalaya
- Founded
- 2025
Hanjabam Shubhra Devi
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Imphal, Manipur
- Founded
- 2004
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
- Founded
- 2023
Priyanka Shetty Sridhar
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2018
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2022
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 2009
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2015
Jyothi Sri Pappu
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Malikipuram, Andhra Pradesh
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2018
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2018
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
Dipali Baruah
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Guwahati, Assam
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2006
Ramya Ravi, Shweta Ravi
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2015
Yangmila Zimik
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Ukhrul, Manipur
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 2016
Dasumarlin Majaw
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Shillong, Meghalaya
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2010
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Panaji, Goa
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2013
The Baker’s DozenVerified
Aditi Handa
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2012
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2018
The MisfitsVerified
Aditi Jhala
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Founded
- 2024
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2004
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2021
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Kochi, Kerala
- Founded
- 2023
Sridevi Ashala
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 2011
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2017
Supongtola Aier
- Industry
- Food & Beverages
- Location
- Dimapur, Nagaland
- Founded
- 2018
Aazol VenturesVerifiedApurva PurohitRead our story → | Food & Beverages | Pune, Maharashtra | — | 2022 |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Series A | 2019 | |
Atmosphere KombuchaRebekah Sood, Ariella Blank | Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2018 |
Better NutritionVerifiedAishwarya BhatnagarRead our story → | Food & Beverages | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | — | 2023 |
| Food & Beverages | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2023 | |
| Food & Beverages | Gurugram, Haryana | Series C | 2013 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Seed | 2016 | |
| Food & Beverages | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bootstrapped | 2021 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Seed | 2014 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Acquired | 1990 | |
| Food & Beverages | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bootstrapped | 2016 | |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2019 | |
Dweller TeasElizabeth Yambem | Food & Beverages | Imphal, Manipur | Bootstrapped | 2017 |
Early FoodsShalini Santosh Kumar | Food & Beverages | Pune, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2015 |
Earth Story FarmsVerifiedSenjuti MahatoRead our story → | Food & Beverages | Kolkata, West Bengal | — | 2019 |
| Food & Beverages | Jaipur, Rajasthan | Pre-Series A | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | Thane, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Food & Beverages | Pune, Maharashtra | Seed | 2022 | |
Farmer's SquareZakietsono Jamir | Food & Beverages | Medziphema, Nagaland | Bootstrapped | 2019 |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series C | 2014 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2018 | |
| Food & Beverages | Jaipur, Rajasthan | Seed | 2021 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Seed | 2016 | |
Hill WildZeinorin Stephen | Food & Beverages | Ukhrul, Manipur | Bootstrapped | 2017 |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | Darbhanga, Bihar | Seed | 2020 | |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2001 | |
Kara's Fresh FoodsPhikaralin Wanshong | Food & Beverages | Shillong, Meghalaya | Bootstrapped | 2007 |
| Food & Beverages | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bootstrapped | 2015 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Seed | 2019 | |
| Food & Beverages | Jalna, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2019 | |
Kookie JarLovey Kapur, Puja Kapur | Food & Beverages | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bootstrapped | 1985 |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2014 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | — | 2010 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 1959 | |
| Food & Beverages | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2022 | |
| Food & Beverages | Madurai, Tamil Nadu | Bootstrapped | 2015 | |
Local All NaturalZomawii Khiangte | Food & Beverages | Aizawl, Mizoram | Bootstrapped | 2021 |
| Food & Beverages | Auroville, Tamil Nadu | Bootstrapped | 2014 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Series A | 2020 | |
MeghyraNandita Lyngdoh | Food & Beverages | Shillong, Meghalaya | Bootstrapped | 2025 |
Meira FoodsHanjabam Shubhra Devi | Food & Beverages | Imphal, Manipur | Bootstrapped | 2004 |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Food & Beverages | Sagar, Madhya Pradesh | Bootsrapped | 2023 | |
Mimmo OrganicsPriyanka Shetty Sridhar | Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2018 |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2016 | |
| Food & Beverages | Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Food & Beverages | New Delhi, Delhi | Seed | 2021 | |
| Food & Beverages | Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir | Seed | 2019 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2021 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2022 | |
| Food & Beverages | Gurugram, Haryana | Series A | 2009 | |
| Food & Beverages | Hyderabad, Telangana | Series A | 2015 | |
NutreatJyothi Sri Pappu | Food & Beverages | Malikipuram, Andhra Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2015 |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2018 | |
| Food & Beverages | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Bootstrapped | 2018 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Series B | 2019 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Acquired | 2016 | |
| Food & Beverages | Pune, Maharashtra | Seed | 2020 | |
PrakrityDipali Baruah | Food & Beverages | Guwahati, Assam | Bootstrapped | 2015 |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2006 | |
RNR Donne BiryaniRamya Ravi, Shweta Ravi | Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2020 |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series A | 2016 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2015 | |
Shirin ProductsYangmila Zimik | Food & Beverages | Ukhrul, Manipur | Bootstrapped | 2019 |
| Food & Beverages | Hyderabad, Telangana | Pre-Series A | 2021 | |
| Food & Beverages | Gurugram, Haryana | Series C | 2016 | |
Smoky Falls Tribe CoffeeDasumarlin Majaw | Food & Beverages | Shillong, Meghalaya | Bootstrapped | 2015 |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Pre-Series A | 2019 | |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2013 | |
| Food & Beverages | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Series A | 2015 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2016 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2010 | |
| Food & Beverages | Panaji, Goa | Bootstrapped | 2013 | |
| Food & Beverages | Hyderabad, Telangana | Seed | 2013 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | — | 2013 | |
| Food & Beverages | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2012 | |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2018 | |
The MisfitsVerifiedAditi JhalaRead our story → | Food & Beverages | Jaipur, Rajasthan | — | 2024 |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Series D+ | 2019 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Series C | 2004 | |
| Food & Beverages | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | Seed | 2021 | |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2016 | |
| Food & Beverages | Kochi, Kerala | Bootstrapped | 2023 | |
Tummy Friendly FoodsSridevi Ashala | Food & Beverages | Hyderabad, Telangana | Bootstrapped | 2020 |
| Food & Beverages | Gurugram, Haryana | Series D+ | 2011 | |
| Food & Beverages | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Acquired | 2014 | |
| Food & Beverages | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Pre-Series A | 2017 | |
Zonee Food ProductsSupongtola Aier | Food & Beverages | Dimapur, Nagaland | Bootstrapped | 2018 |
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What the data shows
Companies tracked
94
With a full founder story
9
Leading sectors
Food & Beverages
Most-represented cities
Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi
Common funding stages
Bootstrapped, Seed, Series A
How we choose what’s on this list
This collection is built straight from our verified startup directory. Every women-led company that matches this theme appears automatically, and any founder we've profiled also gets the in-depth "Read our story" link. We confirm a woman founder or co-founder, and corroborate each company's details across multiple independent sources, before it is counted — and we never pad the list to make it look fuller.
See our editorial & verification policy for how every entry is checked.
Frequently asked questions
+ – How many companies are in "Food & Beverages"?
94 women-led companies right now, 9 of them with a full founder story on Women Can Startup. The list grows as we verify and profile more founders.
+ – How is this collection put together?
This collection is built straight from our verified startup directory. Every women-led company that matches this theme appears automatically, and any founder we've profiled also gets the in-depth "Read our story" link. We confirm a woman founder or co-founder, and corroborate each company's details across multiple independent sources, before it is counted — and we never pad the list to make it look fuller.
+ – Can I get my company added to this collection?
If your company has a woman founder or co-founder and fits this theme, pitch us your story. Curated collections only include companies whose published profile supports the claim, so a full founder story is the way in.
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