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Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Andhra Pradesh, India

The 76 best Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nekkanti Sea Foods.

76companies tracked
$40.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × ANDHRA PRADESH

Our analysis of 104 Food and Agriculture companies

$5.4b in tracked funding; 77% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

104companies analysed
77%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
2016median founding year
55median Fliar Index™

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Nekkanti Sea Foods
Fully integrated seafood company specializing in high-quality shrimp products
$38M32 mo agoSeries CSita Nekkanti
Founder
1983WordPressMySQLPHP+19—
2Harmony Foods
Brand of flours
$2M123 mo agoSeedKartik Nayyar
Founder
2004WordPressMySQLPHP+19—
3Coastal
Producer and exporter of aquaculture seafood products
$961K63 mo agoPublicValsaraj Thottoli
CEO & Managing Director
1981WordPressMySQLPHP+141 job opening
4AABT
Manufacturer and exporter of high-quality products for aquaculture, poultry, and animal healthcare, offering…
——UnfundedPavuluri Sujatha
MD & Director
1999WordPressMySQLPHP+23—
5Aadhya
Provider of spices, herbs, oils, extracts, and other products processing services
——UnfundedVeera Reddy
Founder
2018Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+101 job opening
6Aarambh Aquaponics
Developer of low cost home aquaponic systems and research provider
——UnfundedGorantla Tejas
Founder
2018——
7Ananda Group
Producer of rice, poultry, fish, shrimp, and probiotics for aquaculture
——UnfundedUddaraju Raju
Co-Founder
1930PleskWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+13—
8Ancient India Organics
Company that specializes in the procurement, processing, and export of organic food ingredients, including…
——UnfundedAastha Bajaj
Founder
2012—1 award
9Apex Frozen Foods
Integrated producer and exporter of shelf-stable quality aquaculture products
——PublicKaruturi Murthy
CEO & MD
1995WordPressMySQLPHP+11—
10AqaMine
Brand of packaged water
——UnfundedPothula Parvathi
Proprietor
2019WordPressSitePadMySQL+10—
11Avinashh
Provider of corn-based products
——UnfundedSai Padma
Co-Founder
2008——
12Biryanis
Chain of limited service restaurant offering Indian cuisine
——UnfundedRamanaidu Suryadevara
Founder & MD
2016Cart FunctionalitySentryPHP+13—

Top 3 Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh

#1
Series C · Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh · founded 1983 · 1383 employees
$37.5Mraised
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Fully integrated seafood company specializing in high-quality shrimp products. A respected shrimp exporter dedicated to producing and delivering top-tier shrimp products globally. With decades of experience, the company operates multiple shrimp-processing facilities, maintaining a strong commitment to excellence and innovation in shrimp farming and processing. They focus on high-value-added products, setting themselves apart in the competitive market. Emphasizing sustainability and responsible seafood practices, they hold certifications from leading aquaculture organizations and collaborate with local communities to promote environmental protection. They are a reliable supplier, committed to delivering the best possible products and services.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Series C$6M
  • Apr 2018Series C$31.5M
Founders & team
Sita NekkantiFounderVenkat NekkantiCEO & Managing Director
Investors
New Horizon Investments, Motilal Oswal, White Oak, Captain Fresh, Aanavinvestment
Tech stack
Athemes SydneyBootstrapContact Form 7Core-JsElementorEssential Addons For Elementor
#2
Public · Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh · founded 1981 · 772 employees
$960.6Kraised
▾

Producer and exporter of aquaculture seafood products. It is primarily engaged in the processing and export of a wide range of shrimp products, include head-on shrimp, cooked tail-on, cooked shrimp, skewers shrimp, headless shell-on, butterfly shrimp, marinated shrimp, Sea Tiger, Whites, Pink Brown Shrimp, Black Tiger, and Vannamei shrimp.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 910 LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +0 · hiring: QC / Production Executives, Experienced Professionals
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Post IPO$960.6K
Founders & team
Valsaraj ThottoliCEO & Managing Director
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCloudflareContact Form 7GodaddyGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#3
Seed · Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh · founded 2004 · 88 employees
$2.2Mraised
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Producer of flour and flour related products. The company's products include maida, ravva, atta, chakki atta and bran which serves as intermediate product for other industries like bakery, food outlets, cereal based products and to prawn feed industry.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2016Angel$415.3K
  • Aug 2009Seed$1M
  • Feb 2007Seed$788K
Founders & team
Kartik NayyarFounderPurushottam BajajOwnerDilip MaheshwariManaging Director
Investors
Rainbowdealcom, Prominentvincom, Nutantradeandcredit, Jailaxmi Vincom, N R Vincom, Dugad Agro Foods
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsDropzoneElementorFormidable FormGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$40.7Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
6disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Aanavinvestment1 rounds
Captain Fresh1 rounds
Chatham Capital1 rounds
Dugad Agro Foods1 rounds
Jailaxmi Vincom1 rounds
Kerryon Automart1 rounds
Mahaveer Finance1 rounds
Motilal Oswal1 rounds
N R Vincom1 rounds
New Horizon Investments1 rounds

Notable founders

Sita Nekkanti
Founder · Nekkanti Sea Foods
Venkat Nekkanti
CEO & Managing Director · Nekkanti Sea Foods
Valsaraj Thottoli
CEO & Managing Director · Coastal
Kartik Nayyar
Founder · Harmony Foods
Purushottam Bajaj
Owner · Harmony Foods
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 585,473 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food and Agriculture coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · India

How research on Agritech is moving in India

A read on the academic research around Agritech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,113 India-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201420212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 67% → 77% across 2014–2026.
top research entities
  • Vellore Institute of Technology University34
  • Graphic Era University32
  • SRM Institute of Science and Technology30
  • Chitkara University30
  • Saveetha University29
leading researchers
Robert B. Zougmoré · H.S. Jat · Vinay Kukreja · Ashim Datta · Shiva Mehta · Madhu Choudhary · Suresh K. Kakraliya · Sanjeet Kumar Nayak
▲ Breakthroughs236 · 21%
▲ 12%→23% share
▲1.9× share momentum1 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (12%→23% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture4→135
  • Internet of Things1→45
  • Computer security1→22
  • Cloud computing2→21
  • Wireless sensor network1→17
Newly emergingPrecision agriculture 0→43 · Agricultural engineering 0→31 · Convolutional neural network 0→14
Landmark An efficient LoRa-based smart agriculture management and monitoring system using wireless sensor networks · 211 cites
◆ Advancements525 · 47%
▲ 42%→48% share
▲1.1× share momentum1 median citations84% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (42%→48% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture13→343
  • Internet of Things2→123
  • Precision agriculture1→68
  • Cloud computing1→44
  • Food security1→28
Newly emergingAgricultural engineering 0→77 · Productivity 0→28 · Crop 0→25
Landmark Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture? · 543 cites
▼ Concerns178 · 16%
▼ 17%→15% share
▼0.9× share momentum2 median citations79% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (17%→15% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture10→123
  • Food security1→24
  • Climate change2→25
  • Internet of Things2→19
  • Sustainability1→11
Newly emergingPrecision agriculture 0→14 · Greenhouse gas 0→8 · Agricultural engineering 0→8
Landmark Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Smart Agriculture: Applications, Requirements, and Challenges · 577 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · India

Where agritech is researched across India

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Chennai54 · +0.54
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · Precision agricultureOpportunity · Wireless sensor networkConcern · Internet of Things
Delhi-NCR36 · +0.44
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · Computer securityOpportunity · Blockchain
Pune25 · +0.52
Hot · SustainabilityAdvancing · Convolutional neural networkOpportunity · Precision agricultureConcern · Agriculture
Hyderabad15 · +0.64
Hot · Agricultural engineeringAdvancing · AgricultureOpportunity · Ecology
Bengaluru14 · +0.36
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Crop
Kharagpur5 · +0.30
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Food security
PATENT SIGNAL · India

Who's filing agritech patents in India

India agritech patent filing is steady — 10 filings from 51 assignees (2018–2025), led by Gowri S, H Panem Charanarur, S Nachiyappan DR; annual filings 1→1.

10 filings51 assigneespeak 4/yr2018–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2018–2025)
top patent filers
  • Gowri S1
  • H Panem Charanarur1
  • S Nachiyappan DR1
  • K Vengatesan DR1
  • GILL Jasmeen1
  • R Sabitha1
  • V Vijayan1
  • P Srinivasan DR1

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Andhra Pradesh, India?
Radar tracks 76 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Andhra Pradesh, India, India, that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh, India?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh, India on this list have raised a combined $40.7M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Andhra Pradesh, India?
Nekkanti Sea Foods is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Andhra Pradesh, India, with $37.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh, India are funded?
3 of the 76 Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh, India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Andhra Pradesh, India?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Andhra Pradesh, India on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Andhra Pradesh, India Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Andhra Pradesh, India Food and Agriculture companies on this list include Aanavinvestment, Captain Fresh, Chatham Capital, Dugad Agro Foods, Jailaxmi Vincom.
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