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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicSwiggy

Topic: Swiggy

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.

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.

Urban Company most ‘fair’, Swiggy, Zomato and Uber least — report on working conditions

A report by FairWork India, released Wednesday, looked at working conditions across 11 platforms and rated them based on parameters such as fair pay and fair representation.

Why the visually challenged are signing petitions addressed to apps such as Zomato, Swiggy

Recent Change.org petitions have drawn attention to the problems visually challenged users face while using popular delivery apps such as Dunzo, JioMart, Grofers and others.

34% Indians open to eating restaurant food but most prefer home delivery, survey finds

According to a LocalCircles Survey, 28% Indians have consumed restaurant food in the last 2 months but 21% of these got the food home delivered by Swiggy or Zomato.

With food delivery bouncing back, Zomato plans IPO next year

Tech companies such as Zomato are set to raise more capital via IPOs in 2020 than at the height of the dotcom bubble.

Amazon & BigBasket could soon be home delivering alcohol in West Bengal

A report says the West Bengal State Beverages Corp issued a notice Friday stating that Amazon was eligible to register with authorities for liquor delivery.

After Jharkhand, Zomato & Swiggy start home delivery of alcohol in Odisha

Users will be required to upload a valid ID proof to be eligible for ordering which would later be verified by the delivery partner at the time of handing over the order.

Swiggy lays off 1,100 employees, offers 3 months’ salary and help in career transition

The firm's lay offs have come just days after its rival and contemporary, Zomato, was forced to take similar steps of dismissing 13 per cent of its workforce.

Swiggy could shut many of its cloud kitchens, lay off over 500 workers as sales slump

Layoffs are likely to take place next month from the cloud kitchens across 10 tier 1 and tier 2 cities, which operate Swiggy-owned Homely and The Bowl Company.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.