India, April 22 -- Retail tech startup Daalchini's operating revenue for the fiscal year FY26 doubled to Rs.140 Cr from Rs.70 Cr in FY25, cofounder and CEO Prerna Kalra told Inc42. 

Kalra said that Daalchini's EBITDA for the fiscal surged by 5.7X to about Rs.21 Cr in FY26 from Rs.3.7 Cr in FY25. She did not disclose the exact PAT numbers for the fiscal. The startup turned profitable in the fiscal year FY25, reporting a net profit of Rs.2.5 Cr against a loss of Rs.8.6 Cr.

Daalchini ended FY26 with about 5,500 vending machines, up 62% from 3,400 machines in FY25. Moving forward, the startup is targeting aggressive expansion and aims to scale its network to 8,000-11,000 machines by FY27.

To this extent, Kalra claims that Daalchini ha...