Funding · Commerce & Consumer Brands
Swish raises $24 Mn for kitchen expansion
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Swish
- What it does
- Cloud kitchen food delivery
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- $24 Mn
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2024
What they do
Swish owns kitchens, prepares food and delivers it within 15 minutes
What happened
It raised $24 Mn, less than six months after a $38 Mn round
Why it matters
The company targets 1,000 kitchens in five years as rivals shut similar services
The details
- Swish raised $24 Mn in the past week, around 13 September 2026.
- The previous round of $38 Mn was raised less than six months before this one.
- Swish owns its kitchens, prepares food and manages delivery — it is not an aggregator.
- Its kitchens are placed within a 1 km radius of customers.
- The company crossed 1 Mn monthly orders at peak.
- Monthly orders have tripled since March 2026.
- Over 80% of orders are delivered within 15 minutes.
- Average kitchen preparation time is under 4 minutes.
The bigger picture
- Swish started with ~75 SKUs and has now expanded that by 3X.
- Its menu spans meals, snacks and beverages; lunch and dinner now account for more orders than snacks and late night.
- The company operates in 50 pincodes across Bengaluru and Delhi NCR.
- It currently has around 55 kitchens, including its Delhi NCR entry.
- Food gross margin is ~60%-70% on an average order value of ₹250, and gross profit per order is ~₹160 before kitchen, delivery and corporate costs.
About the business
- Swish owns kitchens, prepares food, operates technology and manages delivery.
- Kitchens are placed within a 1 km radius of customers.
- The menu spans meals, snacks and beverages; lunch and dinner now account for more orders than snacks and late night.
- It operates in 50 pincodes across Bengaluru and Delhi NCR.
- It currently has around 55 kitchens.
- Food gross margin is ~60%-70% on an average order value of ₹250.
- Gross profit per order is ~₹160 before kitchen, delivery and corporate costs.
- Close to 10% of users order twice a day.
What happens next
- Target: more than 1,000 kitchens over the next five years.
- Wants to expand kitchen network in Bengaluru and Delhi NCR.
The deal
- Type
- funding
Founders
- Aniket Shah, cofounder
- Ujjwal Sukheja, cofounder
- Saran S, cofounder
About Swish
- Product
- A 10-minute food delivery service built around owned neighbourhood kitchens.
- Customers
- Urban consumers ordering meals for immediate delivery.
- How it makes money
- It earns revenue by selling prepared food directly to end customers through its own kitchen and delivery network.
- What sets it apart
- Owns and manages kitchens, technology, and last-mile delivery, with delivery within about a one-kilometre radius.
- Operations
- Operates across Bengaluru, Gurugram, Noida, Delhi, and Ghaziabad.
More on Swish
- Swish raises $24 million in extended series B2 September 2026 · Funding · $24 million
- Swish in talks to raise $20 million from Bertelsmann30 June 2026 · Funding · $20M
- Swish launches in Gurugram after $38M Series B30 April 2026 · Launch · $38M
- Swish raises $38M in Series B round17 March 2026 · Funding · $38M
- Swish raises $2 million seed funding19 November 2024 · Funding · $2 million
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