Swiggy, the food-delivery startup that has been busy blanketing India with access to hot food in an hour, just scored a massive $1 billion investment round led by Naspers. Also in on the investment are Tencent, Hillhouse Capital, and Wellington Management Company.
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As of now, Swiggy serves food from 50,000 restaurants in hundreds of cities throughout India. In fact, according to data we track here at Thinknum, Swiggy now serves to and from more than 500 cities. The top 20 — and the number of restaurants represented — can be found in the table below.
|
City |
Restaurants |
|---|---|
|
Malviya Nagar (Delhi) |
604 |
|
Andheri West |
490 |
|
Bandra West |
452 |
|
Indiranagar |
443 |
|
Koramangala |
438 |
|
Malad Kan West |
391 |
|
Janakpuri |
351 |
|
Madhapur |
340 |
|
Kothrud |
327 |
|
Rohini |
325 |
|
Sector 18 |
315 |
|
Central Kolkata |
314 |
|
Greater Kailash 2 |
301 |
|
Navrangpura |
299 |
|
Central Bangalore |
299 |
|
Vastrapur |
291 |
|
Powai |
290 |
|
Banjara Hills |
289 |
|
Viman Nagar |
284 |
|
Vashi |
282 |
Swiggy is already cozied up to some big players in the region, as well. Notable partners include Domino's Pizza with 773 locations, Subway with 433, and Pizza Hut with 295.
|
Name |
Locations |
|---|---|
|
Domino’s Pizza |
773 |
|
Subway |
433 |
|
Pizza Hut |
295 |
|
Baskin Robbins |
250 |
|
Cafe Coffee Day |
221 |
|
KFC |
218 |
|
McDonald’s |
183 |
|
Keventers |
181 |
|
Faasos |
175 |
|
Behrouz Biryani |
175 |
|
Sweet Truth |
163 |
|
LunchBox |
159 |
|
Hello Hunger! by Cafe Coffee Day |
145 |
|
Firangi Bake |
140 |
|
Burger King |
119 |
|
Ovenstory Pizza |
113 |
|
The Belgian Waffle Co. |
94 |
|
Natural Ice Cream |
93 |
|
Kettle & Kegs |
92 |
|
Wow! Momo |
84 |
All objective indicators — retail footprint, growth over time, and funding — paint a very positive future for Swiggy. Its social presence shows positive trends as well, with a healthy follower growth graph on Facebook as it closes in on 1 million fans.
While things look good — great, even — for Swiggy, there is a plethora of competition when it comes to devliery services worldwide. In our report on the world's delivery wars, we mapped out hundreds of similar services. Specifically for Swiggy, it is already seeing competition from Delivery Hero.
