Swiggy turns five – the unicorn has gone from 6 delivery partners in 1 city to 200,000 in 290 cities

• Swiggy which turns 5 today, was one of India’s fastest startups to turn unicorn in 2018.
• The startup which also started delivering groceries, has added 240 cities just in 2019 so far.
• Swiggy claims it gets 43 biryani orders per minute, while Subway, Domino’s, McDonald’s and Burger King lead order numbers.

Indian foodtech unicorn Swiggy has come a long way from its inception in 2014. Founded by Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy, and Rahul Jaimini, the food aggregator had in 2018 become India’s fastest unicorn.

In December 2018, the food delivery startup further raked up a whopping $1 billion in funding, taking up its valuation to $3.3 billion.

And the startup is also expanding its offerings moving on from just food delivery to groceries, medicines and more.

Here’s a look at the interesting facts and figures of the foodtech unicorn