Emerging Indian brands like Relow, Plan B Foods, and Hecta redefine growth with innovation, customer focus, and digital-first models.
Next Big Brands - March 2026
India's market is shifting and a new generation of companies is shifting with it.
Across categories, a cohort of emerging brands is rewriting how businesses grow in India: not through legacy distribution or mass advertising, but through sharper products, tighter customer relationships, and a clearer sense of what they stand for.
These are companies that understand the new Indian consumer more discerning, more digital, and quicker to switch. They're building accordingly: with experience led models, category-defining positioning, and the operational discipline to deliver on their promises at scale.
This edition brings together a cross-section of these businesses: digital-first ventures, product-led challengers, and category creators each earning relevance the harder way: one customer at a time.
Relow
Founder - Bhavya Vij
Category - Food & Beverages
At 24, Bhavya Vij, Founder of Relow, is on a mission to revolutionize the way India consumes soda. Relow is a new-age sparkling probiotic soda - the name says it all: Re·low, really low in everything you don't need, and really good in the ways that matter. Really low calories, zero sugar, zero caffeine, and nothing artificial. Relow combines flavour and function in a drink built for modern lifestyles, with vibrant flavours like Lemon, Mango and Orange. It's the perfect sip for every moment - refreshing, light and completely guilt-free. They call it Relow for a reason. - Sip with no guilt trip! – www.drinkrelow.com
Quiet to Quite™
Founder - Jayita Roy
Category - Leadership Development
Quiet to Quite™ helps capable mid-career women professionals who are often perceived as “quiet” in the workplace-whether introverted or simply more reserved in professional settings. It focuses on bridging the gap between strong performance and how leadership potential is perceived. Founded by Jayita Roy, a global HR leader and executive coach with over two decades of experience, the work is deeply personal to her as an introvert who understands the pressure many women feel to fit a stereotypical leadership mould. Through guided sessions and coaching, Quiet to Quite™ positions perception management as a leadership skill-helping thoughtful professionals build influence and visibility while staying authentic to who they are.- https://elevate.quiettoquite.com/services/join
Long Boat Brewing Co.
Founder - Vinay Chandrashekar
Category - Premium Microbrewery
At 35, Vinay Chandrashekar, Founder of Long Boat Brewing Co., is redefining India’s craft beer and nightlife landscape. Launched in 2022, Long Boat is India’s first Viking-themed, 1000-seater waterfall microbrewery, blending immersive design, innovative brewing, and global hospitality. Built alongside partners Girish (operations & finance) and Rasagnya (HR, marketing & expansion), the brand has earned 40+ national awards. With strong expansion plans, Long Boat stands as a bold Indian brand shaping the future of craft beer and urban hospitality. - www.longboatbrewing.com
Adviti Digitals Pvt. Ltd
Founder - Abhijeet Gote (Ex - SBI)
Category - Fintech App
Adviti Digitals Pvt. Ltd. is a technology-driven company focused on building scalable digital products across fintech, gaming, and consumer applications. With a vision to simplify complex experiences through innovation, the company is developing a portfolio of high-impact, user-centric platforms.
Its flagship product, Tickerbee, is a fintech app designed to help traders understand the stock and crypto markets through real-time demo and digital paper trading. The app enables users to simulate trades without capital while tracking actual market prices, allowing them to test strategies and understand market behavior without financial risk.
Tickerbee also features lock screen market tracking, AI-powered price and chart alerts, and interactive discussion forums that allow users to follow live market movements instantly.
Through Tickerbee, Adviti Digitals aims to make stock market learning simple, practical, and accessible for beginners and aspiring investors, while continuing to expand its ecosystem with innovative digital products.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.winklix.tickerbee
Plan B Foods
Founders - Rishu Sharma and Jyoti Vishwakarma
Category - FoodTech
Plan B Foods is a Mumbai-based plant-based food tech company founded by professional chef Rishu Sharma and Jyoti Vishwakarma. Driven by a vision to create the cheese of the future, the company combines culinary expertise with cutting-edge food technology to create high-quality dairy-free alternatives using carefully selected plant-based ingredients. Plan B produces a range of products including vegan cheese, mayonnaise, nut butters, dips, and sauces. Their vegan cheeses are designed to deliver authentic taste, melt, and texture without dairy. The company supplies hotels, restaurants, and retail customers across India, and also undertakes contract manufacturing for other brands. In 2025, Plan B Foods received the Best Vegan Cheese Award at the Vegan India Conference, presented by Smt. Maneka Gandhi. - www.planbfoods.in
On The Grow
Founders - Hitakshi Shah and Miloni Jogani
Category - Marketing & Content Strategy
On The Grow is a content strategy and ideation agency that helps creators, founders, and brands grow with intention and go viral for the right reasons. We start by deeply understanding the person behind the content, what they stand for, how they think, and what makes them different. From there, we build formats, series, and narratives that feel authentic but are designed to perform. Everything we create is rooted in authenticity, backed by strategy, and built to scale so it’s not just one viral moment, but consistent growth and real audience connection.- www.onthegrow.in
Hecta
Founders - Sridhar Samudrala and Naren Ramakrishnan
Category - Fintech | Proptech
Hecta is an emerging Indian bank auction property discovery platform that is changing how homebuyers and real estate investors access repossessed and distressed properties under the SARFAESI Act and IBC. By aggregating official bank auction sale notices across residential, commercial, industrial and land assets, Hecta brings structure and visibility to a traditionally fragmented market. The platform enables users to discover discounted real estate opportunities across multiple cities, while offering auction support and property due diligence services through empanelled advocates. As interest in value‑driven real estate grows, Hecta is positioning itself as a trusted gateway for buyers exploring bank auction properties in India. Download Hecta app or explore - www.hecta.co
The brands included in this edition are a reflection of the increasing maturity of India’s new-age business landscape. Whether through product innovation, specialized service provision, or customer-centric models, these brands are a reflection of a greater emphasis on building stronger brands.
While the market continues to grow and evolve, and customer expectations continue to rise, the need for quality, consistency, and long-termism will only become more critical. These brands are a reflection of the growth and momentum of brands building steadily towards growth and long-term impact.
The brands in this edition are a signal, not just a snapshot.
Together, they reflect an ecosystem coming into its own where product thinking, customer obsession, and long-term vision are no longer differentiators, but the baseline. What was once the exception in Indian business is quietly becoming the standard.
The companies featured here across models, categories, and stages share a common thread: the conviction that durability matters more than velocity. That credibility, built slowly through quality and consistency, compounds in ways that shortcuts never can.
India's market is still evolving. Customer expectations will keep rising. Competition will intensify. But the businesses that endure will be the ones doing exactly what these brands are doing today building with intention, executing with discipline, and earning trust at every step.
This is what the next chapter of Indian business looks like.
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