Swiggy To Exit Rapido With 2.5x Returns, Valuing Ownly-Operator At Over Rs 20,000 Crore
Both Prosus and WestBridge are existing investors at the ride-hailing startup.
Delivery platform Swiggy Ltd. has approved the sale of its stake in Rapido Prosus and WestBridge for a total consideration of Rs 2,400 crore, the Instamart operator announced on Tuesday. Both Prosus and WestBridge are existing investors at the ride-hailing startup.
While Tencent-backer Prosus NV will buy Rapido shares for Rs 1,968 crore, Westbridge will pick the remaining for Rs 431.5 crore. This comes after Swiggy, following its first quarter earnings for fiscal 2026, said that the company would reconsider its Rapido stake as the cab aggregator entered the food delivery space.
As per the latest data, the Tencent-backer currently holds around 2.7% in Rapido, and around 23.3% in Swiggy. Sriharsha Majety's firm, meanwhile, holds its 12% in Rapido since 2022, which it bought for around Rs 950 crore.
"As a strategic decision, the transaction will help to realise the investments of the company, for the benefit of company and its shareholders," Swiggy wrote in an exchange notification.
The stake sale will imply a return of over 2.5 times over the course Swiggy's three-plus years of staying invested in Rapido. The amount will add on to its cash balance upon completion, even as competition heats up in the incredibly crowded quick commerce space.
Swiggy, as of June-end, held cash and equivalents of Rs 5,354 crore.
The transactions also value Rapido at over Rs 20,000 crore, marking around a two-fold increase from its last valuation of $1.1 billion, which it achieved in a 2024 fundraise.
In August, Rapido launched its standalone app 'Ownly' for food delivery. Ownly is currently live across select locations in Bengaluru, and most dishes on the platform are priced below Rs 150. The app currently includes brands like Wow!, Eatfit and Krispy Kreme and Faasos.
Rapido's food delivery app promises 'no hidden fees' on the delivery app and offers 'offline prices' for food online.
Rapido's foray into the food delivery space follows months of negotiations with restaurant partners over business models and services offered. Ownly will compete in the hotly contested food delivery space that Swiggy and Zomato currently dominate.
In 2023, Rapido had raised $180 million in a Series D round of funding led by Swiggy. "Swiggy's participation in this round will build on the synergies between the two companies," it had said back then. However, this investment lacked an exclusivity clause that could have restricted Rapido's D2C food delivery push, according to people in the know.
