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- Monthly recurring revenue has reached Rs 1 crore, and the startup is profitable.
- The founders invested Rs 1.5 crore of their own money in the business.
- A planned Rs 15 crore seed round will fund 10 Bengaluru delivery hubs.
Milkvilla, a dairytech startup founded in 2021, has reached Rs 1 crore in monthly recurring revenue.
The company turned profitable about four months ago, its founders told YourStory.
Tracxn data shows Milkvilla posted Rs 7.59 crore in revenue for the year ended March 2025. At Rs 1 crore a month, its yearly pace is now far higher.
Chief executive Mannu Jee started the company in 2021 after studying how global exporters keep shipments fresh and frozen. He wanted to move milk to Indian homes without processing or additives.
How does Milkvilla’s 12-hour supply chain work?
The startup collects raw cow milk from farms and delivers it to homes within 12 hours.
The milk is never processed. No plastic is used in packaging.
Every bottle holds raw, unprocessed A2 cow milk from free-grazing cows.
IoT sensors and blockchain trace each batch from farm to home.
Ordinary milk can be seven to ten days old by the time it reaches a buyer, Milkvilla says, after processing, packaging and retail.
The founders call that engineered milk, because chemicals are used to extend shelf life.
Beyond milk, the range now covers paneer, ghee and peda. All three move through the same supply chain, which Milkvilla recently patented.
A 100-member team runs the operation out of Muzaffarpur in Bihar and Bengaluru.
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The founders are Mannu Jee and chief technology officer Aman. Piyush Chachondhia leads finance and growth, and Prashant Gyan is a co-founder.
Why is a profitable milk startup unusual?
Most Indian milk-delivery startups have lost money, then shut down or sold cheap. That makes Milkvilla’s profitability rare.
Milk carries razor-thin margins, so scale rarely turns into profit.
Several names show the pattern. Swiggy bought SuprDaily. BigBasket acquired DailyNinja and RainCan. Doodhwala shut down.
Against that record, the startup says it has stayed profitable for about four months on Rs 1 crore in monthly revenue.
The founders put in Rs 1.5 crore of their own money to get there.
Akshayakalpa Organic and Sid’s Farm are among its rivals.
What will the Rs 15 crore seed round fund?
The startup plans to raise Rs 15 crore over the next six months. The money will open 10 delivery hubs across Bengaluru.
The round is not yet closed.
Two hubs run today, one in Muzaffarpur and one on Sarjapur Road in Bengaluru.
Tracxn data shows Milkvilla had earlier raised about $157K across two rounds, in 2023 and 2024.
The company wants the new hubs to shorten delivery times across Bengaluru.
What this means for you: If you back or build a consumer startup, Milkvilla shows a small dairy brand can reach profit before a big raise.
StartupFeed Insight
Milkvilla’s most useful number is not the Rs 15 crore it wants to raise. It is the Rs 1 crore it already earns each month, at a profit, in a sector that has buried better-funded rivals. Rs 1.5 crore of founder money bought that discipline. Watch whether profit survives the jump from two hubs to ten, because milk margins punish scale. The company could close the Rs 15 crore round by early 2027 and hold its profit through the Bengaluru expansion. That would be the clearest proof yet that raw-milk delivery can pay. If it does not, the old pattern wins again.
— Harshvardhan Kothari, Technology and Policy Correspondent
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