India’s Swiggy in Talks to Raise $800M From Investors

Swiggy will be engaging in more fundraising as the Bengaluru-based online food ordering company is in talks with investors to raise around $800 million, Entrackr reported.

SoftBank and Prosus along with “several other existing investors” are in talks to lead the round, valuing Swiggy at over $10 billion, according to the report, which cited unnamed sources. That would increase Swiggy’s valuation by 90%.

Rival Zomato went public with a $12 billion valuation.

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Swiggy was last valued at $5.6 billion in July, the report stated. At that time, it had raised $1.25 billion in a round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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The company will likely be the first private company to be a “decacorn,” referring to a company that is valued at over $10 billion, by the end of the year, according to the report. Other companies that have attained that status include Byju’s and Paytm.

Swiggy has been scaling up its services for 15- to 30-minute grocery delivery with its Instamart service, the report stated. It also has a pick-up and drop-off service called Swiggy Genie, along with a subscription commerce business, Supr Daily.

Swiggy has a “significant lead” over Zomato for groceries, an unnamed source said in the report. Zomato hasn’t been able to build a grocery business and recently canceled its Zomato Market service.

In August, Swiggy was aiming to get the edge on Zomato as it added more elements to its grocery service.

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Co-Founder Sriharsha Majety said at the time that nonrestaurant food delivery is around 25% of the company’s revenue, but Swiggy is trying to get that number to around 50% in the next several years. He said some of the company’s businesses are in a “really exciting place.”