The firm has tied up with 1000 restaurants across the two new cities including legendary restaurants, favourites, Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), and new cafes.
Coatue and Meituan-Dianping, besides two other investors who could not be identified, are in talks to invest in Swiggy, which was valued at $700 million last month
The former venture capital investor at Ojas Ventures, Balijepalli has invested in a number of companies and helped them scale through active board-level involvement.
It is starting the first Swiggy Access kitchen in Bengaluru’s Marathahalli area which will serve from Leon Grill Keventers Punjabi Rasoi and its private brands