We built this because we lived the old way. Twice.
Bettrlabs started in 2025 with a simple frustration.
We built products the hard way. Then decided to fix it.
We had already built products the hard way — months of back-and-forth with labs, unclear compliance, expensive iterations, and too many surprises too late. Every new product felt like starting from scratch, even when the playbook should've existed.
At the same time, we were working closely with food scientists, researchers, and manufacturing partners across India — including a co-developed research programme with the IIT Madras Food Science Lab, and industry labs across the country. The insight was clear: the knowledge exists, but it's scattered, slow, and not built for execution.
So we decided to rethink the entire process. We incubated at IIT Madras (IITMIC) and built Bettrlabs as India's first R&D-as-a-service platform for food, wellness, and nutraceutical brands — the alternative to months-long CRO cycles.
Bettrlabs brings together data, domain expertise, and real-world manufacturing into one system — covering formulation, FSSAI compliance, cost modelling, and verified lab matching. Not just generating concepts, but making them manufacturer-ready.
Today, we work with 500+ Indian brands — from early-stage founders to scaling teams — helping them move from "what should we build?" to "this is ready to produce," in five business days.
Because building a product shouldn't feel like guesswork every time.
The people behind the platform.

JP Mohanty
Marketing & growth · Ex-Head of Digital Farming at Yara · 16+ years · built two companies before this.

Ravinkumar S
Product strategy · Worked in agri-food across Latin America, Europe, and India · 22+ years · Ex-TCS.

Prathap Raj
Builds the tech · Cloud and big-company transformation · 20+ years · Ex-TCS.

Dr. Beena Rai
INAE Fellow · Chevening Scholar at Oxford · Ex-Chief Scientist at TCS · 25+ years · 180+ patents.

Dr. Ashlesha Parchure
30 years in food quality and safety. Leads product development and safety across the portfolio.

Dr. N Ramsubramanian
30+ years in food tech · ex-Godrej leader. Expert in new product work and food-safety rules.
The wider team
A cross-functional team of technologists, food technologists, scientists, marketers, and domain experts.
Four working principles.
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