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Best Food Tech Companies in Ahmedabad, India

The 44 best Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad, India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Bigspoon.

44companies tracked
$30.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD TECH × AHMEDABAD

Our analysis of 50 Food Tech companies

$6.8b in tracked funding; 84% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

50companies analysed
84%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
3unicorns
2019median founding year

Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Bigspoon
Internet first restaurant offering meals and snacks
72Growth top 19%Innovation top 34%Moat top 37%Talent top 38%
All 10 signals ▾
Growthtop 19%
Innovationtop 34%
Moattop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Fundingtop 39%
Markettop 41%
Producttop 43%
Fin. healthbottom 47%
Globalbottom 39%
Newsbottom 27%
Growth: Headcount 95 → 119 (+25%) across vintages · Revenue +344% YoY
Innovation: 10 product lines
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$15M37 mo agoSeries APujan Thakkar
Co-Founder & Director
2019——
2Petpooja
All-in-one software powering SME growth with POS, payroll, and more
76Tech top 18%Customers top 20%Moat top 23%News top 28%
All 11 signals ▾
Techtop 18%
Customerstop 20%
Moattop 23%
Newstop 28%
Producttop 29%
Fundingtop 30%
Markettop 31%
Talenttop 38%
Growthtop 43%
Fin. healthtop 50%
Globalbottom 39%
Tech: 86 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.46★ across 24,408 ratings (7 apps) · Review volume +47% in 6 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100
$11M11 mo agoSeries CParthiv Patel
Co-Founder & CEO
2011WordPressMySQLPHP+26—
3Terra Food
Platform offering shared kitchen solutions for food businesses
$2M37 mo agoSeedSriram Nair
Founder & CEO
2017——
4Reelo
Provider of customer engagement and marketing tools for restaurant businesses
$1M32 mo agoSeedParin Sanghvi
Co-Founder & CEO
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+30—
5JollyFood Fellow
Online platform for restaurants to get discovered and run loyalty programs
$571K101 mo agoDeadpooled—2015——
6MealPe
Provider of cafeteria management solution for corporates, universities and more.
—34 mo agoSeedSatya Mehta
Co-Founder & CBO & CMO
2023WordPressMySQLPHP+221 job opening
71 Loyalty
AI-based loyalty management solutions for restaurants
——UnfundedNovin Jaiswal
Founder
2022WordPressMySQLPHP+25—
8ABCD Chai
Provider of subscription-based tea-delivering services to the workplace
——Funding RaisedKantharia Vj
Founder & CEO
2021——

Top 6 Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad

#1
Series C · Ahmedabad, Gujarat · founded 2011 · 1394 employees
$11Mraised
▾

All-in-one software powering SME growth with POS, payroll, and more. They offer integrated solutions for small and medium businesses, specializing in restaurant POS software, payroll management, GST billing, invoice processing, and task automation. Their ecosystem empowers SMEs through industry expertise and creative problem-solving, driving efficiency and unlocking new possibilities. They provide solutions for attendance tracking, payroll management, leave monitoring, inventory management, and task management. They focus on simplicity, continuous innovation, transparent pricing, and dedicated support. Their offerings include POS, billing, inventory management, online ordering, CRM, menu management, and reporting. They cater to various outlet types, including fine dining, QSR, cafes, and cloud kitchens. They are a technology company offering SaaS solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 18%
Customers
top 20%
Moat
top 23%
News
top 28%
Product
top 29%
Funding
top 30%
Tech: 86 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.46★ across 24,408 ratings (7 apps) · Review volume +47% in 6 mo · Marquee-customer mentions: top 30% of tracked companies
Moat: Top 3% by revenue among 488 tracked Food Tech companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 58k LinkedIn followers — 65.8% of this cohort's audience · 43 engagements/post (2.8× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series C$15.5M
  • Oct 2023Series B$3.1M
  • Sep 2021Series B$4.5M
  • Dec 2019Series A$2M
Founders & team
Parthiv PatelCo-Founder & CEOApurv PatelCo-Founder & CSO
Investors
Udaan, Digicorp, Gujarat Venture Finance, Aroa Venture Partners, Whitewater Tek Network, Ra Hospitality
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularAnt Design
#2
Series A · Ahmedabad, Gujarat · founded 2019 · 119 employees
$15.5Mraised
▾

Internet first restaurant offering meals and snacks. It is a multi-brand cloud kitchen company offering multiple meals like North Indian cuisine, Classic Indian thali meals, and more. Its brand includes Makhni Brothers, Oven & Grill, and Meals 101. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS devices. The users can order through a mobile application or food ordering platforms like Ubereats, and Swiggy.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 19%
Innovation
top 34%
Moat
top 37%
Talent
top 38%
Funding
top 39%
Market
top 41%
Growth: Headcount 95 → 119 (+25%) across vintages · Revenue +344% YoY
Innovation: 10 product lines
Moat: Top 11% by revenue among 488 tracked Food Tech companies · Editorial + unicorn rating 0/10 · Soonicorn
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Series A$72.2K
  • Jul 2022Seed$12.6M
  • Aug 2021Seed—
  • Mar 2021Seed$2M
Founders & team
Pujan ThakkarCo-Founder & DirectorRohan BhattCo-Founder
Investors
Lemonade Capital, LetsVenture, Urmin Group, MABS, Jcurve Series, Parbhudas Kishoredas Tobacco Products
#3
Seed · Ahmedabad, Gujarat · founded 2017 · 41 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Provider of customer engagement and marketing tools for restaurant businesses. The company offers solutions for loyalty programs, membership management, and marketing campaigns across multiple channels. It provides capabilities for customer insights, QR codes, feedback collection, automated campaigns, and referral programs. The platform aims to help restaurants build customer relationships and increase revenue.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 13.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Angel$1M
  • Dec 2020Angel$271.2K
Founders & team
Parin SanghviCo-Founder & CEOPrit SanghviCo-Founder
Investors
PRS Projects, Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#4
Seed · Ahmedabad, Gujarat · founded 2017 · 77 employees
$1.9Mraised
▾

Platform offering shared kitchen solutions for food businesses. Through its network of hyperlocal cloud kitchens and flagship locations, they provide non-traditional and convenient culinary experiences.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Seed$800K
  • May 2022Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Sriram NairFounder & CEO
Investors
Zero To One Fund, Twin & Bull, ah! Ventures, LetsVenture, Faad Capital, TCA
#5
Deadpooled · Ahmedabad, Gujarat · founded 2015 · 5 employees
$571.1Kraised
▾

JollyFood Fellow is an online platform for restaurants to get listed on and run loyalty programs. Customers are provided with a mobile app which help them discover listed restaurants, discover latest deals and order from them. In August '15, raised around $300K led by Suvas Barot, the Managing Director of Creative Infocity. Raised pre-series A funding led by angel investor Janak Parikh, MD of Malibu Group in March '16.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2018Angel$154.2K
  • Mar 2016Angel$142K
  • Jan 2016Angel$13K
  • Aug 2015Seed$301K
Investors
The1947
Tech stack
NginxOpenrestyGodaddy Domain Parking
#6
Seed · Ahmedabad, Gujarat · founded 2023
$1.2Mraised
▾

Provider of cafeteria management solution for corporates, universities and more. It offers a seamless user experience through QR-based ordering, real-time tracking, and secure payment options. The platform includes features like inventory management, loyalty programs, and comprehensive analytics to help businesses make informed decisions. MealPe supports multi-brand management, customizable menus, and promotions, making it ideal for cloud kitchens and food courts. By aggregating nearby food outlets, it provides diverse meal options at MRP pricing, benefiting both vendors and consumers

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +0 · hiring: B2B Corporate Sales Manager, Telesales Specialist
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Angel—
Founders & team
Satya MehtaCo-Founder & CBO & CMOMaharsh ShahCo-Founder & CEO & CTODeval PatelCo-Founder & CFO & COO
Tech stack
CloudinaryEmotionHostingerHstsNext.JsNext.Js App Router

Funding & investor landscape

$30.2Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
23disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
LetsVenture2 rounds
Ace Nautilus1 rounds
Agico1 rounds
Agility Ventures1 rounds
Anicut Capital1 rounds
Aroa Venture Partners1 rounds
Bluehill VC1 rounds
Capital Ventures Management1 rounds
Chokhani Ventures1 rounds
Cogent Innovations1 rounds

Notable founders

Parthiv Patel
Co-Founder & CEO · Petpooja
Apurv Patel
Co-Founder & CSO · Petpooja
Pujan Thakkar
Co-Founder & Director · Bigspoon
Rohan Bhatt
Co-Founder · Bigspoon
Parin Sanghvi
Co-Founder & CEO · Reelo
Prit Sanghvi
Co-Founder · Reelo
Sriram Nair
Founder & CEO · Terra Food
Satya Mehta
Co-Founder & CBO & CMO · MealPe
Maharsh Shah
Co-Founder & CEO & CTO · MealPe
Prism market signals · India · country-scoped Prism corpus, 284,056 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding flat · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · India

How research on Food Technology is moving in India

A read on the academic research around Food Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 3,287 India-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201020202026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 47% → 56% across 2010–2026.
top research entities
  • Lovely Professional University90
  • Amicable Knowledge Solution University63
  • Chandigarh University60
  • Tamil Nadu Agricultural University54
  • G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College53
leading researchers
Gaur, Rajbeer Singh · Pandey, Ayodhya Prasad · Verma, Neeraj · Vinay Kumar Pandey · R. Pandiselvam · Mukesh Kumar - · Nikheel Bhojraj Rathod · Shahida Anusha Siddiqui
▲ Breakthroughs267 · 8%
▲ 3%→8% share
▲2.7× share momentum0 median citations99% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (3%→8% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety1→56
  • Traceability1→25
  • Supply chain1→21
  • Food processing1→19
  • Production (economics)1→18
Newly emergingAgriculture 0→37 · Sustainability 0→26 · Food waste 0→25
Landmark Blockchain-Based Traceability and Visibility for Agricultural Products: A Decentralized Way of Ensuring Food Safety in I · 225 cites
◆ Advancements1,267 · 39%
▲ 34%→39% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations96% since 2021mostly reviews
Advancements are rising (34%→39% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture2→235
  • Food processing8→225
  • Food safety7→177
  • Food security1→150
  • Shelf life5→137
Newly emergingSustainability 0→148 · Sustainable agriculture 0→80 · Quality (philosophy) 0→63
Landmark Nanotechnology in agri-food production: an overview · 1,043 cites
▼ Concerns956 · 29%
▼ 37%→29% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations94% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (37%→29% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture7→251
  • Food security5→222
  • Food safety15→190
  • Food processing7→154
  • Sustainability4→134
Newly emergingPublic health 0→42 · Government (linguistics) 0→42 · Climate change 0→35
Landmark Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management · 1,877 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · India

Where food tech 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.

Delhi-NCR111 · +0.18
Hot · PesticideAdvancing · Food securityOpportunity · SustainabilityConcern · Environmental health
Chennai76 · +0.33
Hot · Transparency (behavior)Advancing · Active packagingOpportunity · Food safetyConcern · Psychological intervention
Pune53 · +0.23
Hot · Food supplyAdvancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Food safetyConcern · Public health
Varanasi53 · +0.24
Hot · PreservativeAdvancing · Staple foodOpportunity · Food safetyConcern · Mycotoxin
Mumbai36 · +0.23
Hot · Food scienceAdvancing · Shelf lifeOpportunity · Food industryConcern · Food processing
Kharagpur32 · +0.44
Hot · TraceabilityAdvancing · Food wasteOpportunity · Food processing
Bengaluru28 · +0.29
Hot · Food wasteAdvancing · SustainabilityOpportunity · Food systemsConcern · Food security
Kolkata26 · +0.18
Hot · AntimicrobialAdvancing · Food spoilageOpportunity · Food securityConcern · Agriculture
Hyderabad20 · +0.23
Hot · Food safetyAdvancing · Environmentally friendlyOpportunity · Production (economics)
Roorkee11 · +0.12
Hot · Food securityOpportunity · Food processing
PATENT SIGNAL · India

Who's filing food tech patents in India

India food tech patent filing is cooling — 10 filings from 23 assignees (2017–2024), led by UNIV Of Calcutta, Arunan Gomathi V, Evolva; annual filings 3→1.

10 filings23 assigneespeak 3/yr2017–2024
filing momentum (YoY 2017–2024)
top patent filers
  • UNIV Of Calcutta3
  • Arunan Gomathi V2
  • Evolva2
  • Euphotic LABS2
  • P Jagadesan1
  • A Sricharan1
  • K Shirish1
  • Sheridan Joseph1

Common questions

How many Food Tech companies are there in Ahmedabad, India?
Radar tracks 44 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in Ahmedabad, India that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad, India?
The Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad, India on this list have raised a combined $30.2M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Ahmedabad, India?
Bigspoon is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Ahmedabad, India, with $15.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad, India are funded?
5 of the 44 Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad, India on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in Ahmedabad, India?
None of the Food Tech companies in Ahmedabad, India on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Ahmedabad, India Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in Ahmedabad, India Food Tech companies on this list include LetsVenture, Ace Nautilus, Agico, Agility Ventures, Anicut Capital.
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