Narayan Drolia

Patna, Bihar · India

Narayan Drolia

Founder & CEO, DroliaFresh — reimagining home hygiene with fresh, effective & honest cleaning solutions.

0+
Customers / month
2021
Founded, in lockdown
0
Companies built

01 — The story

It started because
people needed groceries.

In April 2021, India was in lockdown and I was a computer science student with nothing but time. People in my hometown couldn't get essential goods. So I started delivering them.

That was DroliaFresh — a hyperlocal delivery operation, built out of a simple observation that things people needed were not reaching them.

When the lockdown lifted, the need it was built for disappeared. So we pivoted. DroliaFresh became a marketplace business focused on home cleaning supplies — the everyday products people restock without thinking, and rarely love.

Today we sell across Amazon, Flipkart, Blinkit and Instamart, reaching more than 10,000 customers every month across India.

“Fresh, effective and honest.” Home cleaning is a category built on overpromises. We'd rather be the brand that just tells you the truth about what's in the bottle.

02 — What I run

Two companies.

DF
Founded 2021

DroliaFresh

Founder & CEO

A home-cleaning brand sold across India's largest marketplaces. Started as hyperlocal lockdown delivery, now a marketplace-first consumer products business serving 10,000+ customers a month.

Sold on

  • Amazon
  • Flipkart
  • Blinkit
  • Instamart
Shop DroliaFresh on Amazon
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Director

LegacyEcom Retail

Co-founder & Director

A private limited company I run alongside my cousin, built deliberately as a place to test new business ideas. Several are working — and it's growing on its own.

  • E-commerce
  • New ventures
  • Retail

03 — The journey

How it went.

  1. April 2021

    DroliaFresh begins

    Founded during lockdown to get essential goods to people in my hometown. Hyperlocal delivery, run while still an undergraduate.

  2. Post-lockdown

    The pivot

    With restrictions lifted, the original model no longer made sense. Repositioned DroliaFresh as a marketplace business built around home cleaning supplies.

  3. 2023

    Computer science degree

    Graduated — having already spent two years running a company. Studied at Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior.

  4. Alongside

    LegacyEcom Retail

    Started a second private limited company with my cousin as a vehicle for experimenting with new businesses.

  5. Today

    10,000+ customers a month

    Serving households across India, and still looking for the next thing worth building.

04 — Say hello

Let's talk.

Whether it's about DroliaFresh, a partnership, or an idea you think I'd find interesting — my inbox is open.