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Swiggy gets $800 million to fund growth and help seed new businesses

Swiggy CEO says the new capital will speed up growth in its existing businesses and help seed new ones. The funding will raise the food delivery app's valuation to nearly $5 billion.

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Indian food delivery app Swiggy is closing an $800 million funding round from investors including Falcon Edge Capital LP and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer Sriharsha Majety said in a note to employees on Monday.

The fundraising was heavily subscribed and existing investors including Accel and Naspers Ltd. participated, Majety wrote in the note viewed by Bloomberg. The new capital will speed up growth in its existing businesses and help seed new ones, he said, as the convenience delivery segment grows to half-a-billion users in the next decade.

India’s consumer startups are raking it in as the country’s internet user base swells and smartphone users are estimated to reach 1 billion in the coming years. The coronavirus pandemic is also driving competition in food delivery, which is seen as a safer option than eating out as a second wave of infections sweeps Indian cities such as Mumbai.

The funding will raise Swiggy’s valuation to nearly $5 billion, a person familiar with the deal said. Swiggy competes with multiple food delivery startups including fellow unicorn Zomato, backed by Ant Financial and Tiger Global, and the food delivery arm of Amazon.com Inc’s India unit, which recently unveiled its service to Prime members in dozens of zip codes in the city of Bengaluru, formerly Bangalore.

A Swiggy spokesman declined to comment.

Over the last year, “we have managed to drive a strong recovery in the food delivery business with a very clear path to profitability,” Majety wrote. “The food delivery business is the strongest it’s ever been and now we are well on our way to drive continued growth over the next decade.”

The cofounder said the startup’s hyperlocal grocery delivery service is showing “amazing promise.” –Bloomberg


Also read: ‘Let truth win’, says Zomato delivery man denying assault on Bengaluru woman


 

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  1. Swiggy’s customer support is one of the worst ones I’ve encountered. The number of times, I’m having to contact support for one reason or another is also steadily increasing. Add to that, they’ve spiked up their delivery and subscription charges. I find myself going back to directly ordering from restaurants more often these days.

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