Best Traditional Life Sciences Platforms & Tools Companies in India
The 119 best Traditional Life Sciences Platforms & Tools companies in India in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Agappe.
India's Traditional Life Sciences Platforms & Tools sector earns its place on this list: 119 companies tracked, ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, with Agappe leading declared raises. The real story, though, is the revenue. Across 71 filers, the combined pool hits $488M, with a median company pulling roughly $1M and growing at 13% YoY. That's not hype money. Agappe Diagnostics booked $60M in revenue, up 17%. Tarsons Products logged $46M, up 32%. And if you want to understand where the profit actually concentrates, Advanced Microdevices earned $36M in net income, a figure that's 426 times the sector median of $85,003. I find that multiple quietly staggering every time I run it.
The global market for traditional life sciences platforms and tools stood at roughly $89.4B in 2020, forecast to reach $183.8B by 2027 at a 10.8% CAGR, driven by advances in quantitative accuracy and MS resolution. India's 119-company cohort sits inside that expansion, but regulatory challenges remain a real friction point for smaller filers. So what's the ceiling here? With median revenue growth at 13% and outsized earners already compounding fast, the segment's financials suggest the ceiling is considerably higher than the $8M in total disclosed funding implies.
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Ranked: Best Traditional Life Sciences Platforms & Tools companies in India
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Employees | Founded | Founder | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HiMedia Manufacturer of life sciences instruments and reagents | — | $125M FY2025 | +18% | 798 | 1973 | V Warke Co-Founder & Managing Director | — |
| 2 | Advanced Microdevices Manufacturer of purification, separation, and fluid management solutions for the healthcare sector | — | $102M FY2022 | — | 2 | 1976 | Nalini Kant Gupta Founder & Managing Director | — |
| 3 | Agappe In-Vitro diagnostic equipment | $8M | $62M FY2025 | +17% | 948 948 → 1,253 (+32%) | 1995 | — | — |
| 4 | Tarsons Manufacturer of plastic labware and life science products | — | $48M FY2025 | +33% | 853 | 1983 | — | — |
| 5 | Electrolab Manufacturer of pharmaceutical testing equipment and peristaltic pumps | — | $20M FY2025 | -8% | — | 1984 | Bharat Zaveri Co-Founder & Owner | — |
| 6 | Cadmach Company specializes in manufacturing pharmaceutical tablet compression equipment | — | $16M FY2022 | — | — | 1967 | J V Khambatta Co-Founder | — |
| 7 | Glassco Laboratory Glassware Manufacturer | — | $15M FY2022 | — | 5 | 1969 | Sameer Jain Owner & CEO & Managing Director | 1 launch |
| 8 | GD Waldner Provider of customized laboratory spaces and MEP solutions for optimizing operational efficiency and… | — | $11M FY2023 | — | 112 112 → 146 (+30%) | 1908 | Adhiraj Mayur Patel CEO | — |
| 9 | Ava Chemicals Manufacturer of pharmaceutical chemical agents | — | $11M FY2025 | -3% | — | 2008 | Sapna S CEO | — |
| 10 | AGD Biomedicals Automated clinical chemistry analyzers | — | $8M FY2025 | +12% | 24 | 1996 | Ashish Pradhan Founder & Managing Director | 3 job openings · 2 launchs |
| 11 | Presto Manufacturer of strain viewer, seal tester, and other laboratory testing instruments | $11K | $7M FY2025 | +15% | 59 59 → 144 (+144%) | 1983 | J Malhotra Founder | — |
| 12 | BioZed Provider of analytical tools and services | — | $6M FY2025 | +95% | 36 36 → 71 (+97%) | 2007 | Sudhir Rai Founder and Director | — |
| 13 | Del Provider of community-based physical activity programs | — | $6M FY2025 | +97% | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Abdos Life Sciences Manufacturer of centrifuge ware, laboratory equipment, and other products | — | $5M FY2025 | -2% | 166 166 → 132 (-20%) | 2009 | — | — |
| 15 | Avishkar Provider of medical laboratory equipment and instruments | — | $4M FY2023 | — | — | 1965 | Sanjay Gupta Managing Director | — |
| 16 | Foxx Life Sciences Manufacturer of laboratory products and bioprocess consumables | — | $3M FY2025 | +92% | 50 | 2013 | — | 3 launchs |
| 17 | CML Biotech Laboratory equipment and consumables for life sciences | — | $3M FY2025 | -54% | 119 119 → 89 (-25%) | 2000 | — | — |
| 18 | Hanna Equipments pH Meters, Photometers, Titrators, Controllers - Hanna Instruments India | — | $3M FY2022 | — | 67 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Astra Scientific Systems Manufacturer of Lab ware | — | $2M FY2022 | — | 44 | 2004 | — | — |
| 20 | Biolinx Manufacturer of laboratory equipment and cleanroom solutions | — | $2M FY2025 | +15% | 34 | 2011 | Mittal Gor Owner & CEO | — |
| 21 | Metrohm Manufacturer of instruments for chemical analysis | — | $2M FY2014 | -5% | 608 608 → 566 (-7%) | 1943 | Bertold Suhner Founder | 2 launchs |
| 22 | Force Scientific Provider of chromatography columns, accessories, and related analytical services | — | $1M FY2025 | +26% | — | 2006 | Ramhari Sahu Co-Founder & CEO | 1 launch |
| 23 | Biolinx India Manufacturer of biosafety cabinets, freezers, and other medical devices | — | $914K FY2025 | +7% | — | 2008 | Girish Nair Founder | — |
| 24 | Cassia Siamia Technologies Manufacturer of bacteriological incubators, vacuum ovens, air handlers, autoclave & other tools | — | $408K FY2025 | -4% | — | 1998 | R Ragunathan Raghu Owner | — |
| 25 | Eletrokraft Manufacturer of equipment for blood bank and life science research labs | — | $387K FY2022 | — | — | 1977 | Ramachandran P Founder | — |
| 26 | Anamol Laboratories Manufacturer of in-vitro diagnostics reagents, rapid test kits, and stains | — | $270K FY2024 | +33% | — | 1998 | Mahendra Dashora Owner & Managing Director | — |
Top 5 Traditional Life Sciences Platforms & Tools companies in India
#1
Late Stage · Ernakulam, Kerala · founded 1995 · 948 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Agappe is an in vitro diagnostic company with over 300 distributors and presence in Asia, Africa, and America. Their revenue was Rs 93.5 crore in FY15. They already have an equipment making unit and are setting up another unit near Kochi. The company is known for its in-vitro diagnostic reagents offerings. However, it has a portfolio of product offerings in biochemistry, immunochemistry, Serology, blood grouping, coagulation, hematology, system agents, urinalysis, microbiology etc. The chief customers of the products are clinical laboratories, hospitals, and pathologists.
- May 2015PE$7.8M
#2
Early Stage · Faridabad, Haryana · founded 1983 · 59 employees$10.9Kraised▾
Manufacturer of strain viewer, seal tester, and other laboratory testing instruments
- Sep 2008Unattributed$10.9K
#3
Funding Raised · Chennai, Tamil Nadu · founded 1943 · 608 employees—raised▾
Metrohm is a developer and manufacturer of instruments and technologies for chemical analysis for both lab and process scale applications. The company specializes in developing instruments based on techniques such as titration, ion chromatography, electrochemistry, and spectroscopy. The company claims to be the global market leader in analytical instruments for titration and specializes in developing instruments for ion chromatography, voltammetry, conductivity, and stability measurement They also have a growing portfolio of Near IR and Raman spectroscopy instruments. Metrohm Autolab, their Dutch subsidiary is engaged in the development of instruments for electrochemical research.
#4
Funding Raised · Mumbai, Maharashtra · founded 1973 · 798 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of life sciences instruments and reagents. The company's products include laboratory instruments, dehydrated culture media, peptones, culture media bases, granulated capsule media, animal-free media, ready-prepared media, and various supplements.
#5
Public · Kolkata, West Bengal · founded 1983 · 853 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of plastic labware and life science products. The company specializes in disposable plastic labware, centrifuge-ware, cryo-labware, tissue culture ware, liquid handling systems, safety products, and instruments. It possesses expertise in plastic moulding and knowledge of laboratory techniques, customizing products to laboratory needs. The company serves the healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, and environmental sectors.
- Aug 2018PE—
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