The startup picture in Mysuru

Venture capital is present but scarce. Only 38 tracked companies have ever raised outside money; just 16 are marked Funding Raised and 10 Seed. That leaves Mysuru with a modest capital pool and little evidence here of a deep scale-up market.

Startups in Mysuru - Funding, Founders & Investors

Everything startup in one place: who's building, how the landscape clusters, the people and investors behind it, and whether the capital is real.

Kaynes Technology

Provider of IOT solutions for integrated electronics manufacturing player

est. 2008 · 1,019 staff · raised outside money

MH Prasad — Co-CEO

Rajesh Sharma — Co-CEO

Falcon Tyres

Manufactures tyres for automobiles

est. 1973 · 864 staff · raised outside money

Pawan Kumar Ruia — CEO

Excelsoft

Tech-enabled solutions for learning, assessment and training management

est. 2000 · 705 staff · raised outside money

Lajwanti Sudhanva — Co-Founder

Dhananjaya Sudhanva — Managing Director & Chairman & ex-Co-Founder · Ms Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Skanray

R&D company focused on manufacturing diagnostic devices for multiple therapeutic areas

est. 2007 · 690 staff · raised outside money

Vishwaprasad Alva — Founder & Managing Director

Joseph Paul — CEO

Vinyas Innovative Technologies

One-stop-shop solution for electronic manufacturing services

est. 2001 · 405 staff · raised outside money

Narendra Narayanan — Founder & MD

Cycle Pure Agarbathies

Manufacturer and selling of fragrance products

est. 2014 · 325 staff · raised outside money

Arjun Ranga — Founder

Rangsons Aerospace

Company specializes in developing aerospace and defense solutions by integrating technology, engineering, and

est. 2011 · 224 staff · raised outside money

Pavan Ranga — Co-Founder & CEO & Managing Director · MBA Illinois Institute of Technology

Pavan Ranga — Founder & CEO · BE Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering

Triphase Pharmaceuticals

Stable probiotics for food and supplements

est. 2006 · 164 staff · raised outside money

Rajgopal Rao — CEO

Infopine

Infopine - SaaS company for digital transformation in textile industry

est. 2013 · 68 staff · raised outside money

Manu Venkataramu — CEO & COO

Piyush Kumar — Chief Executive Officer

S3V Vascular Technologies

Medical Tech Innovation for Cardiovascular Market

est. 2011 · 67 staff · raised outside money

Vijaya Nagaradagadde — Co-Founder & Director

Badari narayan Nagarada gadde — Co-Founder & Managing Director · MPharm Andhra University

Kansys

Kansys: Simplifying Enterprise Billing Solutions

est. 1997 · 37 staff · raised outside money

Joe Simmons — Founder & CEO

Automotive Axles

A traditional Automotive Axles manufacturing company in India

est. 1981 · 32 staff · raised outside money

Muthukumar — Ex-CEO & President

Mysore Wifiltronics

Value-engineered medical device manufacturing company with a focus on TURP loops

est. 1992 · 23 staff · raised outside money

Santosh Nayar — CEO

Finitiatives Learning

Provider of live masterclass programs in finance and risk management

est. 2009 · 16 staff · raised outside money

Anjali Mullatti — CEO

Yappes

Enterprise API Platform for Digital Transformation

est. 2016 · 8 staff · raised outside money

Bhanu Jain — Co-Founder & COO

Madhusudhan Jain — CEO

Unigene Labs And Research Centre

Provider of diagnostic and scanning services

est. 2021 · 7 staff · raised outside money

Raghu N — CEO

BluKhet

BluKhet Using Hydroponics to Produce Fresh Healthy and Clean Food

est. 2020 · 4 staff · raised outside money

Vishant Mello — Co-Founder · University of Leeds

Labland Biotechs

Provider of tissue culture and plantlets

est. 1994 · 2 staff · raised outside money

Sudheer Shetty — Co-Founder & CEO

Meatup

Provider of online fresh meat and seafood delivery

est. 2017 · 2 staff · raised outside money

Ameen Khan — Co-Founder & CEO

Mohamed Sadiq — Co-Founder

EnhanzED

SaaS-based Ed-Tech company with a Learning Management System (LMS) and Learning Experience Platform (LXP).

est. 2017 · 1 staff · raised outside money

Dhananjaya Sudhanva — Co-Founder · Ms Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Adarsh Sudhindra — Co-Founder · University of Illinois

Meti

IoT solutions for industries in digital transformation

est. 2012 · 1 staff · raised outside money

Narayana Swamy — Co-Founder & CEO

Geethesh S — Co-Founder & COO

Clarette Biotech

Manufacturer of biopharmaceuticals and recombinant protein products

est. 2017 · raised outside money

Meena L — Managing Director

Dhriti Bio Solutions

Developer of innovative formulations and scale-up engineering solutions for food and industrial biotech

est. 2019 · raised outside money

Rani C — Co-Founder

Preetham Patil — CEO

Dvizira

Engineering firm with expertise in AI, control systems, and simulations for special operations

est. 2016 · raised outside money

Nuthan Prasanna — CEO

Punithraj Rajanna — Co-Founder & COO

cluster · 60 companies

Consumer

32 founded since 2018 · 1 funded

Sub-themes

online travel · 9logistics tech · 8local services · 8wedding tech · 5matchmaking · 5fashion tech · 4

e.g. Amogha, SportiWe, CampusHiringCollege.com

cluster · 60 companies

Business Services

30 founded since 2018 · 1 funded

Sub-themes

it services · 22ai services · 8iot services · 6marketing services · 6hr services · 4robotics services · 4

e.g. Sphatika Facility Services, rProcess, Infomaze Elite

cluster · 49 companies

Retail

31 founded since 2018 · 3 funded

Sub-themes

beauty tech · 16beauty & personal care products · 12home improvements · 5fashion tech · 4mom & baby care · 4wholesalers · 3

e.g. Bnpmindia, Amogha, Adssjungle

cluster · 49 companies

Consumer Goods

26 founded since 2018 · 2 funded

Sub-themes

beauty & personal care products · 17food & beverage products · 12beauty tech · 12home care products · 9home furnishing products · 4footwear brands · 2

e.g. Veekesy Sandals, Amogha, Cycle Pure Agarbathies

cluster · 48 companies

Healthcare

19 founded since 2018 · 6 funded

Sub-themes

hospitals · 11clinics · 6home healthcare · 5traditional nutraceuticals · 3biopharma outsourcing · 3services for healthcare providers · 2

e.g. Apollo BGS Hospitals, Skanray, Gupta Pharma

cluster · 38 companies

Enterprise Applications

18 founded since 2018 · 3 funded

Sub-themes

hrtech · 7marketingtech · 6enterprise resource planning · 5field force automation · 4events tech · 4chatbots · 3

e.g. Infopine, CampusHiringCollege.com, Dakatru

cluster · 37 companies

Food And Agriculture

19 founded since 2018 · 2 funded

Sub-themes

food & beverage products · 12food service chains · 7food processing · 4restaurants · 4services for crop farming · 3online grocery · 1

e.g. Shree Mahalakshmi Sweets, Apex, Mr. Idli

cluster · 34 companies

Education

10 founded since 2018

Sub-themes

higher education institutions · 13k-12 schools · 13continuing education centres · 4educational support services · 2continuing education chains · 1academic tutoring · 1

e.g. Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, JSS AHER, Atharvayogashalamysore

cluster · 28 companies

Food And Agriculture Tech

16 founded since 2018 · 2 funded

Sub-themes

crop tech · 15online grocery · 8food tech · 7livestock tech · 3water and wastewater management tech · 1drones · 1

e.g. Vyoda, BluKhet, Meatup

cluster · 24 companies

High Tech

12 founded since 2018 · 4 funded

Sub-themes

iot applications · 5chatbots · 4security & surveillance technology · 3energy efficiency tech · 2wearable technology · 2smart homes · 2

e.g. Paryaavarneer Engineers & Consultants, HoloWorld, IPMPlus

Founder & Background	Role	Company
Dhananjaya Sudhanva Founder & CEO Excelsoft Technologies, Queens School of Design, Excel Empathy Foundation. Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineer	Managing Director & Chairman & ex-Co-Founder	Excelsoft
Pavan Ranga CEO& MD-MindfulTMS Neurocare,Co-Founder-Rangsons \| Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering BE 1997,Illinois Institute of Tech	Co-Founder & CEO & Managing Director	Rangsons Aerospace
Pavan Ranga Examic, MindfulTMS Neurocare, Rangsons, ex-Rangsons Electronics. Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering BE 1997, Illinois In	Founder & CEO	Rangsons Aerospace
Rajgopal Rao ex-Technological Research Institute, Food Sciences Division, Journal of Food Science and Technology. The University of Edinburgh,	CEO	Triphase Pharmaceuticals
Manu Venkataramu Chief Operating Officer - Infopine	CEO & COO	Infopine
Piyush Kumar Founder & CEO-Cosmien \| Ex-Infopine \| SDM Institute for Management Development PG	Chief Executive Officer	Infopine
Vijaya Nagaradagadde S3v Vascular Technologies, JSS Medical College,MYSORE, 2013	Co-Founder & Director	S3V Vascular Technologies
Badari narayan Nagarada gadde Ex-Relisys Medical Devices. University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakateeya University BPharm 1984, Andhra University MPh	Co-Founder & Managing Director	S3V Vascular Technologies
Joe Simmons Kansys Staffing, Rockhurst University, 1991	Founder & CEO	Kansys
Muthukumar Ex-TTK-LIG, TVS Srichakra. CEG MSC 1987, Thiagarajar School of Management MBA 1992, Annamalai University PHD 2014	Ex-CEO & President	Automotive Axles
Bhanu Jain Ex-Co-Founder and Director BLUERACE Technologies. Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engg., MYSORE Master’s Degree, Computer Science	Co-Founder & COO	Yappes
Madhusudhan Jain Yappes, ex-Worldvest Capital Markets, ex-Prudential Real Estate, University of Hartford, 1997	CEO	Yappes
Vishant Mello St. Joseph Engineering College 2016, University of Leeds 2019	Co-Founder	BluKhet
Ameen Khan VVCE Mysore 2018	Co-Founder & CEO	Meatup
Mohamed Sadiq JSS Polytechnic 2014, ATME College of Engineering 2017	Co-Founder	Meatup
Dhananjaya Sudhanva Founder & CEO Excelsoft Technologies, Queens School of Design, Excel Empathy Foundation. Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineer	Co-Founder	EnhanzED
Adarsh Sudhindra Excelsoft Technologies, ex-Adobe Systems. The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore 2008, University of Illinois Urbana-Champa	Co-Founder	EnhanzED
Narayana Swamy Ex-Mysore Embedded Technology Institute, Cypress Semiconductor	Co-Founder & CEO	Meti
Geethesh S Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engg 2000	Co-Founder & COO	Meti
Rani C National Institute of Technology - Karnataka, Institute of Bioinformatics and applied biotechnology	Co-Founder	Dhriti Bio Solutions

backgrounds shown where available

385 investors are on record backing Mysuru companies. The most committed:

Most active — backed 2+ companies

BIRAC

Startup Karnataka

Freny Firoze Irani

Arohi

Aroon Raman

P Rao

C-CAMP

Silicon Road Ventures

Arusha Vasudev

Institutional

Silicon Road Ventures · VC fundGlobal Incubation Services · accelerator / incubatorEarth & Beyond Ventures · VC fundRefex Capital · VC fundJITO Incubation & Innovation Foundation · accelerator / incubatorVeeraa Ventures · VC fundTravel Startups · accelerator / incubatorVIT-TBI · accelerator / incubatoriotdreams.in · VC fundInfo Edge Ventures · VC fundAIC-Pinnacle · accelerator / incubatorMicrosoft Accelerator · accelerator / incubatorSpawn Venture Partners · VC fundCIBA · accelerator / incubator

Private & corporate backers

BIRACStartup KarnatakaFreny Firoze IraniArohiAroon RamanP RaoC-CAMPArusha VasudevAcacia Banyan PartnersVolrado Venture Partners+ 361 more

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Funded startups — peer cities

Kochi

292

Thiruvananthapuram

171

Bhubaneswar

139

112Chandigarh

38Mysuru

Companies that have raised

Company	Industry	Rounds	Latest Round	Founded
Cycle Pure Agarbathies	cosmetics	2	2018-04	2014
Skanray	medical devices	7	2021-03	2007
Kaynes Technology	electronics (b2c)	4	2023-12	2008
Vinyas Innovative Technologies	electrical/electronic manufacturing	3	2014-09	2001
Automotive Axles	automotive	0	—	1981
BluKhet	farming	1	2021-01	2020
Clarette Biotech	pharmaceuticals	1	2019-08	2017
Dhriti Bio Solutions	biotechnology	0	—	2019
Dvizira	defense & space	1	2019-06	2016
Econut	farming	0	—	2015
EnhanzED	e-learning	2	2022-07	2017
Excelsoft	e-learning	3	2008-09	2000
Falcon Tyres	automotive	0	—	1973
Glamzy	retail	0	—	2021
Gmessys	consumer electronics	0	—	2010
Infopine	information technology and services	1	2021-09	2013
Kansys	information technology and services	0	—	1997
Labland Biotechs	biotechnology	2	2016-10	1994
Finitiatives Learning	education management	2	2014-07	2009
Magnatech	electrical/electronic manufacturing	0	—	1996
Mamma Mills	food production	0	—	2023
Maxvita Foods	food & beverages	1	2019-01	2013
Meatup	food & beverages	0	—	2017
Meti	industrial automation	2	2017-01	2012
Meritor HVS	automotive	0	2021-01	1983

round amounts sparse for tier-3 cities — counts shown, dollar totals withheld

Company	Industry	Founded	Employees
VRG Logistics	transportation/trucking/railroad	2026	—
BazaarNow	logistics and supply chain	2026	—
Hello Doctre	hospital & health care	2025	—
Amarathna	luxury goods & jewelry	2025	—
CarePro AI Health	hospital & health care	2025	—
DigiBull AI	information technology and services	2025	—
FarmtoCups	food & beverages	2025	—
Hexateal Data Solutions	information technology and services	2025	—
InstaClass	education management	2025	—
Pratyagra Foundation	non-profit organization management	2025	—
Quebot	computer software	2025	—
ShopMyTrip	leisure, travel & tourism	2025	—
TalentSeva	computer software	2025	—
KAMIREDDY AGRO FOODS	food production	2024	—
Acharya Indravarman	health, wellness and fitness	2024	—
Alpha Hospital Mysuru	hospital & health care	2024	—
A S Akash Sharma Furniture Shop	furniture	2024	—
Atradoz	food production	2024	—
Auric Cosmo	food production	2024	—
Dariya	apparel & fashion	2024	—

The startup picture in Mysuru

Kaynes Technology

Falcon Tyres

Excelsoft

Skanray

Vinyas Innovative Technologies

Cycle Pure Agarbathies

Rangsons Aerospace

Triphase Pharmaceuticals

Infopine

S3V Vascular Technologies

Kansys

Automotive Axles

Mysore Wifiltronics

Finitiatives Learning

Yappes

Unigene Labs And Research Centre

BluKhet

Labland Biotechs

Meatup

EnhanzED

Meti

Clarette Biotech

Dhriti Bio Solutions

Dvizira

Consumer

Business Services

Retail

Consumer Goods

Healthcare

Enterprise Applications

Food And Agriculture

Education

Food And Agriculture Tech

High Tech

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