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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | E-commerce, Online shopping |
Founded | October 2011 |
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Headquarters | , India |
Area served | India |
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Services | Online grocer |
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Parent | Tata Digital |
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BigBasket is an Indian online grocer headquartered in Bangalore, India, and currently owned by Tata Digital. [1] It was the first online grocer in India, set up in 2011. It is a registered company with the name Supermarket Grocery Supplies Pvt. Ltd. [10]
As of January 2023 [update], the company operates in more than 30 cities in India and processes around 15 million orders per month. [1]
According to Bloomberg News, BigBasket is considering an initial public offering by 2025 as part of its growth plans. [3] [11]
BigBasket began as a tech startup company, founded in December 2011 by five entrepreneurs who had survived the dot-com crash of the early 2000s. The startup was initially funded by private equity investor Ascent Capital (Bangalore) with a capital injection of $10 million. [10]
In 2015, Bigbasket acquired the hyperlocal delivery company Delyver to build its last-mile delivery network. [12]
By mid-2016, Bigbasket was operating in eight large Indian cities and had grown to become India's biggest e-grocer. [10] The company's unique selling point was delivery of fresh produce, based on the purchase of fruit and vegetables from local marketplaces each morning, storage in refrigerated warehouses and a fleet of temperature-controlled trucks to deliver fresh to the door. [10] [13]
China's Alibaba Group led a $300 million funding round in early 2018 to become the main shareholder in the company, [2] taking the online grocer's valuation up to $950 million. [10] By May 2019, BigBasket was operating across 25 Indian cities, [2] and became India's newest ' unicorn' (a startup valued at more than $1 billion) by raising $150 million in a new funding round led by Mirae Asset- Naver Asia Growth Fund, the CDC Group and Alibaba. [14]
In October 2020, BigBasket suffered a data breach exposing the data of more than 20 million users, which included email, IP and physical addresses, names, phones numbers, dates of birth and passwords. [15]
The company was valued at around $1.85 billion in May 2021. Demand for online grocery shopping increased considerably in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and by the start of 2022, BigBasket was processing over 7 million orders per month. [16]
Tata Group became the owner of BigBasket in May 2021, when its Tata Digital subsidiary acquired a 64% majority stake in the company. [17] In January 2023, BigBasket received a $200 million injection from investors, including majority shareholder Tata Digital, taking the company valuation up to $3.2 billion. [1] [3]
According to CEO Vipul Parekh, over one-third of the company's revenue comes from its private label products. [18]
On 24 November 2021, BigBasket opened its first physical store, branded 'Fresho', primarily for the sale of fresh fruit and vegetables, in Bangalore. [16] [19]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | E-commerce, Online shopping |
Founded | October 2011 |
Founders |
|
Headquarters | , India |
Area served | India |
Key people | |
Brands | |
Services | Online grocer |
Revenue | ![]() |
![]() | |
Parent | Tata Digital |
Divisions | |
Website |
bigbasket |
BigBasket is an Indian online grocer headquartered in Bangalore, India, and currently owned by Tata Digital. [1] It was the first online grocer in India, set up in 2011. It is a registered company with the name Supermarket Grocery Supplies Pvt. Ltd. [10]
As of January 2023 [update], the company operates in more than 30 cities in India and processes around 15 million orders per month. [1]
According to Bloomberg News, BigBasket is considering an initial public offering by 2025 as part of its growth plans. [3] [11]
BigBasket began as a tech startup company, founded in December 2011 by five entrepreneurs who had survived the dot-com crash of the early 2000s. The startup was initially funded by private equity investor Ascent Capital (Bangalore) with a capital injection of $10 million. [10]
In 2015, Bigbasket acquired the hyperlocal delivery company Delyver to build its last-mile delivery network. [12]
By mid-2016, Bigbasket was operating in eight large Indian cities and had grown to become India's biggest e-grocer. [10] The company's unique selling point was delivery of fresh produce, based on the purchase of fruit and vegetables from local marketplaces each morning, storage in refrigerated warehouses and a fleet of temperature-controlled trucks to deliver fresh to the door. [10] [13]
China's Alibaba Group led a $300 million funding round in early 2018 to become the main shareholder in the company, [2] taking the online grocer's valuation up to $950 million. [10] By May 2019, BigBasket was operating across 25 Indian cities, [2] and became India's newest ' unicorn' (a startup valued at more than $1 billion) by raising $150 million in a new funding round led by Mirae Asset- Naver Asia Growth Fund, the CDC Group and Alibaba. [14]
In October 2020, BigBasket suffered a data breach exposing the data of more than 20 million users, which included email, IP and physical addresses, names, phones numbers, dates of birth and passwords. [15]
The company was valued at around $1.85 billion in May 2021. Demand for online grocery shopping increased considerably in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and by the start of 2022, BigBasket was processing over 7 million orders per month. [16]
Tata Group became the owner of BigBasket in May 2021, when its Tata Digital subsidiary acquired a 64% majority stake in the company. [17] In January 2023, BigBasket received a $200 million injection from investors, including majority shareholder Tata Digital, taking the company valuation up to $3.2 billion. [1] [3]
According to CEO Vipul Parekh, over one-third of the company's revenue comes from its private label products. [18]
On 24 November 2021, BigBasket opened its first physical store, branded 'Fresho', primarily for the sale of fresh fruit and vegetables, in Bangalore. [16] [19]