BigBasket is an Indian online grocer, headquartered in Bengaluru and owned by Tata Digital. The company was set up in 2011 and is registered with the name Supermarket Grocery Supplies Pvt. Ltd. it operates in more than 30 cities in India.
History
BigBasket was founded in December 2011 by five entrepreneurs from the dot-com crash era. It received its initial funding of $10 million from Bengaluru-based private equity investor Ascent Capital.
In 2015, Bigbasket acquired the hyperlocal delivery company Delyver to build its last-mile delivery network.[5] By mid-2016, BigBasket was operating in eight large Indian cities and had grown to become India's biggest e-grocer.[6]
In early 2018, China's Alibaba Group led a $300 million funding round at a valuation of around $950 million. By May 2019, BigBasket was operating across 25 Indian cities, and became a 'unicorn