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Topic: Swiggy

Indians just can’t have enough of biryani — 2.28 orders placed every second on Swiggy

The seventh edition of Swiggy's annual report reveals India’s 'favourite orders' and midnight cravings — from popcorn to pomelos. But biriyani reigns supreme.

Everyone loves an Indian start-up success story. Not too many know that 2,000 failed last year

Larger players dig in, leaving little room for their smaller counterparts to survive. But strengthening rupee capital base for startup funding could be a way out of this.

‘Ghar ka khana’ to delivery apps — Indian food is changing, but you can’t blame women

An Australian writer studied the 'outside-inside' binary in Indian food for 25 years and identified a big shift—food delivery apps, and the supermarket and cafe boom.

Are Zomato & Swiggy helping restaurant business or hurting it? Why CCI has ordered a probe

Aggregators are accused of monopolising market and imposing their own price terms on partner restaurants. Complaint in CCI was filed by restaurant-owners' body.

Online delivery of Masala Dosas is a food ‘hate-crime’. North India must apologise

Swiggy ‘StatEATistics’ 2021 confirms Masala Dosa's popularity, especially in North India.

Food delivery, hairdresser, taxi, bank, car service — why all want feedback, all the time

The feedback forms you fill, and star ratings you are pestered for by drivers, delivery personnel and sales staff, have a purpose. They can help you, the personnel and businesses.

Swiggy nears $700 mn fundraise in Invesco-led round as it hopes for IPO in a year’s time

Invesco will pour in $200 million, with other existing investors such as Softbank participating. Swiggy is expected to follow Zomato with an IPO about a year or so later.

Swiggy catches up with Zomato, gets $1.25 billion funding to expand convenience businesses

Swiggy said it will use the funds to accelerate growth in food delivery and invest in its instant grocery delivery service Instamart, pick-up-and-drop service Genie and Supr Daily.

Zomato braces for 50k crore IPO, but only 7% Hindi heartland users order through it weekly

Zomato and Swiggy may seem like ubiquitous brands, but how many people in India’s largest Hindi-speaking states actually know about and use the apps?

Week after closing $800 mn funding, Swiggy set to raise $450 mn more, this time from SoftBank

SoftBank Group is likely to invest in Swiggy at $5.5 billion valuation. The financing is said to be awaiting approval from regulators.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.