The startup scene in India

The Economic Times described DeHaat as headquartered in Patna in July 2025. It reported that the company provides farm market access, inputs, and advisory services, exports agricultural commodities, had raised around $222 million, and operated in 12 agrarian states at that time. [96282, 96283, 96284]

StartupBlink listed 77 Patna startups for September 2026 and reported the city at #389 globally and #18 in India. The publisher said its list algorithm uses investment, employee count, and quarterly website traffic. Its listing of DeHaat, Husk Power Systems, and Agrix for Patna is a discovery lead, not evidence that each was founded or headquartered there. [96278, 96279, 96280]

NIT Patna is located in Mahendru, Patna, and lists an Incubation Center as an institute facility. Its incubation site lists ventures in automobile repair, AI insurance, software and game development, and aerospace research and development; these listings are operator-reported and not independently verified. The official facility is a possible local founder route, but the reviewed material did not establish whether applications are currently open. [96289, 96290, 96291]

For Bihar-wide context, Startup India's 2026 report identifies the Department of Industries as the state nodal department and the Bihar Start-up Fund Trust as the policy implementation vehicle. The report describes a INR 500 crore fund corpus, seed funding of up to INR 10 lakh, and incubation and patent support. It also describes Bihar's Startup Policy as a five-year state framework, with operational support from the Start-up Support Unit and oversight by a monitoring committee. These are statewide provisions, not evidence of a Patna-specific allocation or a currently open application. [96286, 96287, 96288]