Startups

DPIIT-recognised startups in Bihar (cumulative)

3,049 of these were recognised in FY2020-21 to FY2024-25.

DPIIT-recognised Bihar startups categorised as closed (dissolved/struck off)

The August 2025 reply gave 95 closed and none inactive/dormant for Bihar. About 2.5% of recognised Bihar startups are recorded as closed.

DPIIT-recognised Bihar startups with at least one woman director or partner, by year of recognition

Total is the sum of the yearly figures; 2026 covers January only. 36 such Bihar startups are recorded as closed.

Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) money disbursed to Bihar incubators

Value is the sum of 2023-2025 disbursements (calendar years; 2025 up to 31 October). No new approvals for Bihar incubators in 2024 or 2025.

Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS) loans guaranteed to Bihar startups

Bihar did not appear in the state-wise table of Fund of Funds (FFS) commitments to AIFs for 2023-2025 in the same reply. That table covers commitments to funds, not investments made into startups, which are reported separately.

Investment by Fund of Funds-backed AIFs into Bihar startups

Across 3 Bihar startups. This is a different measure from BIHAR-SU-IND-005's note: that records the absence of Bihar from the table of FFS commitments to funds, while this records investments those funds made into startups located in Bihar. Both are true.

Startups registered under the Bihar Startup Policy in FY2025-26

Industries minister's statement; he also said 242 women-driven startups have been approved. In January 2026 the minister said more than 1,500 startups are registered with the state in total.

Patna-headquartered agritech company offering farmers inputs, advisory, market access and export linkages. It is Bihar's most heavily funded startup, backed by investors including Temasek and Sofina.

₹35 Cr

Pre-Series A (subsidiary DeHaat Consumer Products / Honest Farms) · 17 Aug 2026

Solar-hybrid mini-grid operator founded in Bihar in 2008. Bloomberg describes it as the world's biggest solar mini-grid operator, with about 400 mini-grids in India and Nigeria. Its CEO is based in the US.

$4M

Debt · 15 Apr 2024

Taxi booking platform for intercity and village trips in Bihar. It featured on Shark Tank India Season 3, where the founders said the business was earning about INR 8 lakh a month in commission fees.

Women-led online brand selling Mithila-style homemade pickles, run from a kitchen-factory in Laheriasarai, Darbhanga. It got no deal on Shark Tank India Season 1 but later raised angel funding that included two of the show's investors.

₹1.3 Cr

Angel · 20 Jan 2023

Bihar-headquartered farming-as-a-service company that groups smallholder farms into clusters to provide mechanisation, inputs, advisory and market linkages.

Undisclosed

Recoverable grant · 27 Nov 2025

Online 1-on-1 spoken English coaching platform started in 2021 by three students of MIT Muzaffarpur.

₹1 Cr

Angel / HNI · 23 Dec 2025

Bhagalpur agritech company behind Sabjikothi, a portable microclimate store that extends the shelf life of fruit and vegetables for small vendors and farmers.

Patna company making plantable pens and pencils from recycled paper, bamboo bottles and neem-wood combs, started about three years before February 2026.

Nalanda aerospace engineer Subrat Shandilya's project to build an indigenous compact jet engine prototype. The Industries Department approved it for seed funding under the Bihar Startup Policy 2022 on 31 August 2026.

₹10 lakh

Bihar Startup Policy seed fund · 31 Aug 2026