Food and Agriculture Landscape of Delhi
1,219 Food and Agriculture companies in Delhi, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Food and Agriculture in Delhi
Shows the top‑ranked companies by size, funding, hiring activity and media coverage among the 1,219 food and agriculture firms in Delhi, highlighting which firms are currently hiring and which have reported financing.
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McCain Foods13last posted Aug 2026
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Kayem Foods9last posted May 2026
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NCCF7last posted Mar 2026
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WWF India6last posted Aug 2026
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Urban Harvest6last posted Aug 2026
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Rage Coffee5last posted Jul 2026
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Bikanervala Foods4last posted Jul 2026
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Grainville4last posted Jun 2026
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HURL$1.4BConventional Debt · Mar 2026
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Insecticides$838MPost IPO · Aug 2015
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Bira 91$495.8MSeries D · Mar 2024
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Avantha Group$220.9MPE · Dec 2013
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Devyani International$153MSeries C · Feb 2020
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Chaayos$99.1MAngel · Oct 2024
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Safex Chemicals$91.7MPE · Sep 2022
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Crystal Crop Protection$63.9MConventional Debt · Nov 2022
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Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals$2.2BFY2021 filing
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Radico Khaitan$2BFY2025 filing
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DCM Shriram$1.5BFY2025 filing
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NDS$1.1BFY2022 filing
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Paras Dairy$373.5MFY2021 filing
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MDH$359.9MFY2022 filing
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Haldiram7,032tracked employees
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McDonald\'s6,459tracked employees
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Dhampur Bio Organics3,251tracked employees
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Indogulf CropSciences6.5%81 tracked events
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GRM Rice5.0%62 tracked events
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KRBL Rice3.2%40 tracked events
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Asclepius Wellnesstop 5kasclepiuswellness.com
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McDonald\'s Indiatop 50kmcd.com
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FSSAItop 50kfssai.gov.in
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Rosier Foodstop 100krosierfoods.com
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IFFCOtop 100kiffco.in
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Organic Indiatop 100korganicindia.com
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Bevzillatop 100kbevzilla.co
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Aurictop 500ktheauric.com
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See all 1,219 Food and Agriculture companies in Delhi
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How the Food and Agriculture ecosystem in Delhi grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, noting the highest count of 70 in 2020 and the most recent count of 9 in 2025.
The Food and Agriculture market map of Delhi: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the main product categories and revenue models used by Delhi food and agriculture firms, with food & beverage products leading at 378 companies and e‑commerce product sales as the most common revenue model.
- Food & Beverage Products378 companies · $318.5M raised · 41 hiring
- Internet First Brands129 companies · $123.9M raised · 18 hiring
- Food Tech78 companies · $123.7M raised · 17 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce77 companies · $122.1M raised · 16 hiring
- B2C Grocery Delivery74 companies · $122.1M raised · 16 hiring
- Uber for Grocery Delivery74 companies · $122.1M raised · 16 hiring
- Consumer Digital63 companies · $107.7M raised · 8 hiring
- Internet First Snack Brands20 companies · $7.4M raised · 2 hiring
- B2C Farm Produce E-Commerce17 companies · $10.6M raised · 5 hiring
- Marketplaces14 companies · $99.8M raised · 1 hiring
- Shark Tank13 companies · $9.1M raised · 4 hiring
- Enterprise Tech12 companies · $5.1M raised · 5 hiring
Monetization
How Food and Agriculture companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Food and Agriculture in Delhi
Counts 741 corporate events over the past two years, detailing the distribution across earnings releases, company announcements, leadership changes, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs.
- FundingRosier Foods Secures Angel Investment from Aman Gupta A2 Gir cow ghee and organic pantry brand Rosier Foods has secured investment from boAt co-founder Aman Gupta through his venture fund SailThru Ventures.2026-05-04
- FundingThe transaction follows closely after a much larger Rs 12,842 crore loan agreement with Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited.2026-04-06
- FundingThe most recent competitors to raise funding was Nao Spirits, which secured $1.83M in Jul, 2023.2026-03-24
- FundingDCM Shriram Limited has announced a $90 million investment commitment from the International Finance Corporation, the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group.2026-03-16
- M&ADevyani International Limited has approved a scheme of amalgamation to merge three of its subsidiaries—Sky Gate Hospitality, Blackvelvet Hospitality, and Say Chefs Eatery.2026-03-10
- M&AAccording to a stock exchange filing, Atul Garg, a promoter and Managing Director of GRM Overseas Lt, has acquired 100,000 equity shares of the company on March 5, 2026.2026-03-08
- M&AThe saga began on January 29, when Marico snapped up a 93.27% stake in gourmet popcorn brand 4700BC’s parent Zea Maize from PVR INOX for INR 226.8 Cr.2026-02-20
- FundingGurugram based children’s nutrition brand Slurrp Farm has secured Rs 30 crore in an extended Series C round from Scarlet Ventures, marking its first significant fundraise in nearly two years.2026-02-11
- M&AUrban Harvest, a B2B startup specializing in fresh produce and food supply, has acquired premium gourmet packaged food brand Cocosutra through an all-cash deal valued at INR 2.5 crore.2026-01-06
- LeadershipCrystal Crop Protection Limited (“Crystal Crop Protection”), one of India’s research-led agri-input companies, today announced the appointment of Akshay Kumar as its “Brand Ambassador”.2026-04-27
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Food and Agriculture company in Delhi was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Sky Gate Hospitality | undisclosed | Pending | 2026-04-24 | |
| undisclosed | Rumored | 2026-04-07 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-03-05 | ||
| GRM Arabia FZCO | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-27 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-06 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific event types such as IPO filings, leadership appointments, product launches and contract wins for companies in the sector.
Lets TryIPO · 1 reportDec 2025
MahamayaIPO · BSE SME · 13 reportsDec 2025
Sheel BiotechIPO · NSE SME · 5 reportsOct 2025
Parijat IndustriesIPO · 2 reportsSep 2025
Globus SpiritsShekhar Swarup · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerMar 2026
Kaapi SolutionsAssembled in India initiative (Local assembly of espresso and commercial coffee equipment)Mar 2026
Modiillva @ GroupRockford Circle Season 3 (IP)Feb 2026
Gulshan Polyolswon Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)Oct 2025
- Ravi Mohan Studios v IndoBevsTrademark infringement over film title · OngoingOct 2025
- piccadily agro industries v radico khaitantrademark dispute · OngoingSep 2025
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +13.0%, half slower.
Who is building Food and Agriculture in Delhi
Profiles 809 founders and CEOs across 598 firms, showing their educational backgrounds and prior employers, with the University of Delhi and IIT Delhi most represented among alumni.
Ex-Sodexo, Compass Group, The Park Hotels · Johnson & Wales University Master of Business Administration 2012
Ex-Co-Founder PrepSquare, Opera Solutions. IIT Delhi BTech, MTech 2010
Ex - Gujrat Pesticides Company, SAFEX CHEMICALS INDIA. Govt sen sec school B.Sc. 1977, Khalsa College M.Sc 983.
Ex-Noveltech Feeds, Bayer, Monsanto. Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University MSc 1995, Institute of Management Technology…
Ex-Founder & MD Youth 360, Founder b10Media. Shaheed Sukhdev College Of Business Studies BS 2012
Ex-Subway · SRCC BCom 1991, Delhi University MCom 1993, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business MBA 1996
Ex- Zuma, North Fork Bank, The Doon School, Wheaton College Massachusetts 2002
Mahaan Milk Foods, ex-J.P. Morgan, Hardskills. University of Chicago BA 2015, INSEAD MBA 2020
Cornell Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management 1994
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Who funds Food and Agriculture in Delhi
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Anicut Capital | 11 | 2 | Sep 2025 |
| Angel List | 9 | 1 | Jun 2024 |
| LetsVenture | 8 | 2 | Aug 2025 |
| Peak XV Partners | 7 | 5 | Aug 2024 |
| Fireside Ventures | 7 | 4 | Jan 2024 |
| Manish Jain | 7 | — | Dec 2023 |
| Rukam Capital | 6 | 4 | Oct 2023 |
| DSG Consumer Partners | 6 | 3 | Oct 2023 |
| Sixth Sense Ventures | 6 | 2 | Mar 2022 |
| DS Group | 6 | 2 | Jun 2024 |
The typical round is $704k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Food and Agriculture funding rounds in Delhi
Highlights the largest disclosed financing, including Bira 91’s $93.3 million Series D round, and lists ten other sizable recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series D | $93.3M | May 2022 | Amaya Ventures, Day1 Advisors, Placid Express +32 more | |
| Series D | $85.1M | Nov 2022 | Kirin Holdings, Kirin Holdings Singapore, CDL | |
| Series C | $65.4M | Oct 2014 | Temasek | |
| Series D | $62.2M | Jan 2021 | Madhuri Jain, Kirin Holdings | |
| Series B | $55.6M | May 2011 | ICICI Venture | |
| Series C | $53M | Jun 2022 | Alpha Wave Global, Elevation Capital, Tiger Global Management +2 more | |
| Series B | $50M | May 2018 | Sofina, Peak XV Partners | |
| Series D | $36.2M | Apr 2021 | Pragya Investment, Sanjana Cryogenic Storage, Oriental Carbon and Chemicals +85 more | |
| Series C | $35M | Nov 2025 | FMO, responsAbility, Incofin Investment Management +1 more | |
| Series C | $32.1M | Feb 2020 | YUM! Brands |
79 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Seed$73kMay 2026
PE$40MApr 2026
Seed$1.5MMar 2026
Series A$1.3MMar 2026
Series A$1.2MMar 2026
Series C$3.3MFeb 2026
What the news says about Food and Agriculture in Delhi
Counts 4,958 news articles published in the last year, indicating the most frequently covered topics such as product launches, Indian curry variations, partnerships and rural development programs.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Food and Agriculture news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- New product launches and innovations≥6,867▲+17%
- Indian curry variations≥6,337▲+15%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations≥5,563▲+18%
- Rural community development programs≥5,468▲+64%
- Agricultural export and international trade≥5,264▲+48%
- Agricultural insurance and risk management≥5,020▲+92%
- Water-efficient irrigation technologies≥4,776▲+70%
- Political party dynamics≥4,419→+4%
- Technology adoption and digital transformation≥4,343▲+28%
- Company expansions and new market entries≥4,132▲+49%
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47 Food and Agriculture companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Food and Agriculture coverage in India as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in India Food and Agriculture coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Food and Agriculture jobs in Delhi: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports 142 job postings from 56 employers over the past year, noting the most requested skills like business development, communication, client handling, Azure and project management.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Food and Agriculture employers in Delhi put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- business development48▲
- communication38▲
- client handling35▲
- azure32▲
- project management31▲
- horeca27▲
- leadership27▲
- aws27▲
- sap27▲
- communication skills25▲
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What the research says
The Food and Agriculture research read is national: 1,113 India-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Climate‑Driven Food Security Risks, Robotics and Precision Farming Challenges, IoT Implementation Risks, Climate‑Smart Practices Trade‑offs. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in India — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.
Read the full Food and Agriculture research analysis for India →
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Research themes, patent activity and the companies commercialising them, in one place.
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