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The revised valuation represents a massive 49% decrease from the $10.7 billion valuation
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This is the second time Invesco has trimmed the valuation of Swiggy, which is backed by SoftBank and Prosus
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Downloads of food delivery apps like Zomato, Swiggy, Domino's, etc. have gone up in April over February
This comes days after Swiggy closed down its premium grocery delivery offering, Handpicked, just six month after it was introduced as a pilot in Bengaluru
This is an increase of around 10% when compared to the FY 2021-2022
Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Wednesday said it disbursed more than Rs 31 crore in claim amounts to its delivery partners in the fiscal year 2022-2023
Through Handpicked, Swiggy used to sell a selection of premium, gourmet, imported and hard-to-get grocery items
The move has drawn the ire of many Swiggy users, who took to Twitter to voice their complaints
Rolled out in phases over last week, the fee is applicable only on food delivery orders at the moment and not on orders on Instamart - the company's quick commerce arm
Online food delivery platform Swiggy has partnered with jobs and professional networking company apna to create 10,000 hyperlocal opportunities for its quick commerce grocery service -- Instamart -- in 2023. With this, the company is aiming to strengthen its delivery workforce in tier 2 cities. Announcing the partnership on Thursday, apna shared that in 2022, over 15 lakh users from tier 2, tier 3 cities and beyond applied for 30 lakh delivery roles on the platform, comprising almost 70 per cent of the new users growth in the delivery segment. Acquiring talent from tier 2 and 3 cities has been a daunting task for many organisations, owing to challenges such as lack of orientation, industry knowledge, inadequate experience, and ignorance about the current market scenario. This problem is particularly pronounced in India, where companies have long struggled to hire talent from smaller cities and towns. "With opportunities for delivery partners emerging in deeper pockets of the count
Industry reports estimate that the delivery workforce will be around 23.5 million by 2029-30
Karthik Gurumurthy, another senior executive of the firm, reportedly going on sabbatical
Swiggy reached a $10.7 billion valuation in a round led by Invesco in January last year