Foodtech Unicorn Startup Swiggy Values $3.3 Billion

Key Highlights

Swiggy has now become the fifth most valuable startup in India

Swiggy’s enormous generated investments put more load on its competitor

6,000 people working in the country and has also been planning to expand

Online food ordering and delivery startup, Swiggy, has now become the fifth most valuable startup in India. With an estimate of $3.3 billion(INR 23,000 crore) and accentuate the climb of an enterprise introduced five years ago. The company’s total valuation rose almost five times in less than a year. Swiggy was estimated at approximately $700 million (INR 4900 crore) when it generated $100 million (INR 700 crore) in February last year from South Africa’s Naspers and others.

Swiggy’s enormous generated investments put more load on its competitor Zomato which has so far raised more than $400 million (INR 2800 crore) and was last estimated at $1.1 billion (INR 7700 crore). The Bangalore-based Swiggy is the latest contender to India’s unicorn club, has been appointed in the field of sales, operations and brand building. The firm has 6,000 people working in the country and has also been planning to expand. 

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“During the hiring process, we are very much open about the specific areas of focus and what it means to join a startup. Discussing the areas like delivery staff debilitation levels assisted, because Vivek was able to understand the similar problems of churn amongst sales executives in traditional offline businesses, and together we can come up with possible solutions for this,” said Sumer Juneja, 44, one of earliest members on Board. 

What is Swiggy?

Swiggy is India’s brightest growing food ordering and delivering company in India. The business was started by, BITS-Pilani alumni SriharshaMajety and IIT-Kharagpur alumnus Nandan Reddy and Rahul Jaimini in 2014. After leaving his position at Myntra the aspiring entrepreneur Reddy gave India a complete food ordering and delivery solution and led the sector by the blow. Located in Bengaluru, Swiggy founded as a startup in August 2014. Begun as a company of six delivery personnel and trading with 25 restaurants, Swiggy is now operating in 100 plus cities.

Now priced more than $3.3billion, had earlier this year obtained Kint.io a startup which practices in using deep learning and computer vision for object identification in videos, for an undisclosed value. Swiggy’s other purchases are such as Supr Daily, Scootsy, 48east.

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Bangalore-based company Swiggy is a food delivery titan, it has been on a binge since 2018. Being the Unicorn Club Member, Billion dollar funding, and new businesses and products developments. With its introduction in hyperlocal service market of supermarkets and household goods, Swiggy stores. Now, they are comprehended putting their hands into the ready-to-cook business as well.

Swiggy’s entered in the hyper-local delivery sector has not only given service to its users but it has also generated new opposition for other brands as well. Even after meeting a strong competition from Zomato, Foodpanda, Uber Eats, JustEat; Swiggy launched a new service ‘Swiggy Stores’ which will be available on the same app and will enable users to order items like groceries, medicines, vegetables, Kirana, meat, and other things. 

With the help of the Internet and Technology, the food delivery firms have ruled the market. Swiggy is recognised to be a unicorn in the Indian startup market and has developed a reputation in the market. The firm has set up its name among the top e-commerce business like Flipkart and Walmart.

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