# The best marketing agencies for startups in India > Six agencies that name startups and show an India base on their own sites, opened 20 Oct 2026. Unranked and unpaid, with what to ask before you hire. - **Author**: Marxx - **Published**: 2026-11-12 - **Category**: Agencies - **URL**: https://marxx.ai/library-best/best-marketing-agencies-for-startups-in-india --- Six agencies name startups as clients and show an India base on their own sites: Altorise, Digitals Daddy, Krish Digital Agency, ROI Minds, Startupbricks and upGrowth. The list is alphabetical, not ranked by quality, and nobody paid to be on it. ## How we chose - We opened each agency's own site on 2026-10-20. - We kept agencies whose site names startups as a client type, lists paid ads or performance marketing, and shows an address in India. - We describe each one only with what its site says. We did not check results, reviews or client lists. Numbers and awards on agency sites are their own claims, so we do not repeat them. ## Quick comparison | Agency | India base on its site | Paid ads it lists | Price on its site (checked 2026-10-20) | |---|---|---|---| | Altorise | Mumbai | Performance marketing, media buying | None on the pages we read | | Digitals Daddy | Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore | Google, Meta, YouTube | None on the pages we read | | Krish Digital Agency | Vijayawada | Google, Meta, YouTube, LinkedIn | From INR 25,000 a month for Google or Meta Ads, excluding ad spend | | ROI Minds | Mohali | Google, Meta, LinkedIn, YouTube and more | None on its startup page | | Startupbricks | Bengaluru | Meta and Google | INR 25,000 a month Starter, INR 75,000 Growth, Scale custom | | upGrowth | Pune | Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon | None on the pages we read | ## The six agencies **Altorise.** Its contact page shows an office in Mumbai (Kandivali West). Its home page says it serves founders, from idea-stage startups to IPO. Services include branding, pitch decks, apps and websites, go-to-market strategy, performance marketing and social media. It also calls itself a media buying agency. It offers three engagement types: dedicated agency, managed remote teams and service subscription. **Digitals Daddy.** Its site shows offices in Gurgaon (listed as head office), Mumbai (Bandra Kurla Complex) and Bangalore (Koramangala). It calls itself an AI engineering and digital transformation partner and says it helps startups, SMEs and enterprises. Its performance marketing covers Google Search, Display and Shopping, YouTube, remarketing and Meta ads. It offers a free growth audit. **Krish Digital Agency.** Based in Vijayawada (Poranki). Its industries list includes startups, with 0 to 1 launches and growth, next to healthcare, education and real estate. Services include Google, Meta, YouTube and LinkedIn marketing, SEO, websites, apps and AI automation. Its FAQ says Google or Meta Ads start from INR 25,000 a month, excluding ad spend. **ROI Minds.** Address in Mohali, Punjab. It calls itself an AI-first digital marketing agency and lists Startup Marketing in its industries menu. Its startup page lists SEO, pay-per-click, social media, content, email, conversion work and lead generation. It says it has worked with startups across industries. That page names no stage and no price. **Startupbricks.** Address in Bengaluru (Provident Park Square). Its headline calls it a brand growth agency for startups and brands, and it lists SaaS, edtech, healthtech and fintech startups as audiences. Starter is INR 25,000 a month for a brand audit, website and SEO basics and 8 posts a month. Growth is INR 75,000 and adds Meta and Google performance marketing. It says it offers flexible pricing to pre-revenue and seed-stage founders. The page does not say whether ad spend sits inside the fee. **upGrowth.** Address in Pune. It calls itself a growth marketing company and lists Google Ads, Facebook ads, LinkedIn ads, Amazon ads, SEO and a fractional CMO. A guide on its own site says it specialises in performance marketing for funded Indian startups in fintech, SaaS, D2C and edtech. Its site lists 11 Indian cities as local presence but does not say which have offices. ## Count the fee in your cost per customer Say you spend INR 1,20,000 a month on ads and the agency charges INR 60,000 a month. The ads bring 180 new paying customers. 1. Ad cost per customer = INR 1,20,000 / 180 = about INR 667. 2. All-in cost per customer = (INR 1,20,000 + INR 60,000) / 180 = INR 1,000. 3. Say each customer gives you INR 500 gross profit a month. Payback = INR 1,000 / INR 500 = 2 months. The ad report shows INR 667. Your real [CAC](/glossary/cac) is INR 1,000. Judge any agency on the second number and on your [CAC payback period](/glossary/cac-payback-period). ## What to ask before you sign 1. **Stage.** Ask for a client at your stage that you can call. 2. **Ownership.** The ad account should stay yours. See [how to give an agency access to your Meta ad account](/guides/how-to-give-an-agency-access-to-your-meta-ad-account). 3. **Fees.** Ask if the fee is flat or a share of spend, and who pays the ad platform. See [how to price a performance marketing retainer in India](/guides/how-to-price-a-performance-marketing-retainer-in-india). 4. **Tracking.** Ask how they will count customers, not clicks, before spend starts. 5. **Creative.** Ask how many new ads they make each month, and who makes them. A freelancer may fit a narrow job better. See [agency vs freelancer for ads](/compare/agency-vs-freelancer-for-ads). For city lists and agencies that are not startup-focused, see the [best performance marketing agencies in India](/best/best-performance-marketing-agencies-in-india). We make Marxx, so weigh this. It joins a brand as its creative strategist and brings a tool that reads your connected Meta ad account in full. It also has a strategist, creative and media buying option. See [Marxx for brands](/for/brands). ## FAQ ### How much do marketing agencies for startups cost in India? Most of the six list no price. Krish Digital Agency says Google or Meta Ads start from INR 25,000 a month excluding ad spend. Startupbricks lists INR 25,000 and INR 75,000 plans (both checked 2026-10-20). ### How do I check an agency's claims? Ask for two current clients at your stage that you can speak to. Then ask to see a report with spend, cost per customer and what changed. ### Is this list ranked or paid? No. It is alphabetical, and no agency paid to be listed. --- - [More Agencies articles](https://marxx.ai/library-best/category/agencies) - [All articles](https://marxx.ai/library-best)