When was Zepto founded?

Zepto was founded in 2021 and became a unicorn in 2023.

Where is Zepto located?

Zepto is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

Who is the current CEO of Zepto?

Aadit Kavit Palicha of Zepto. They have also founded 1 company.

Which legal entities is Zepto associated with?

Zepto is associated with ZEPTO LIMITED and 4 others.

How many employees does Zepto have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Zepto is 40578.

Is Zepto a funded company?

Zepto is a funded company, having raised a total of $2.34B across 14 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $730K Seed round, raised on Jan 07, 2021.

How much is Zepto worth?

The latest valuation of Zepto is $7.15B as of Nov 04, 2025.

When was the latest funding round of Zepto?

Zepto's latest funding was a $300M Series H round on Oct 16, 2025, with participation from 12 investors.

What is the annual revenue of Zepto?

Annual revenue of Zepto is more than ₹1,000 Cr as on Mar 31, 2026

Is Zepto a Online Grocery company?

The primary sector of Zepto is Online Grocery.

Where does Zepto rank among its competitors?

Zepto ranks 4th amongst 723 active competitors, of which 31 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Firstclub, which secured $55M in Jun, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Zepto?

Zepto's top competitors include Swiggy, Blinkit and Bigbasket. Among them, Firstclub secured the most recent funding round in June, 2026.

Zepto - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Zepto is a series H company based in Bengaluru (India), founded in 2021 by Kaivalya Vohra and Aadit Kavit Palicha. It operates as a Retailer of groceries fresh produce household items and personal care. Zepto has raised $2.34B in funding from investors like Y Combinator, General Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital, with a current valuation of $7.15B. The company has 723 active competitors, including 31 funded and 9 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Swiggy, Blinkit and Bigbasket.

Sectors and market segments that Zepto operate in

Zepto serves in the Food and Agriculture Tech market segments.The primary business model of Zepto is:

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Company Details

Retailer of groceries fresh produce household items and personal care. It delivers groceries, fresh produce, personal care items, electronics, and more to customers in minutes through a network of dark stores. Customers select items through an application for fulfillment and delivery. The operation manages a supply chain to distribute consumer goods directly to households.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2021

Location

Bengaluru, India

Stage

Series H

Total Funding

$2.34B in 14 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series H, Oct 16, 2025, $300M

Post Money Valuation

$7.15B as on Nov 04, 2025

Investors

Y Combinator & 145 more

Ranked

4^th among 723 active competitors

Annual Revenue

₹1,000+ Cr as on Mar 31, 2026

Employee Count

40,578 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Swiggy & 162 more

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Zepto is associated with 5 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count
ZEPTO LIMITED CIN: U46909MH2020PLC351339 , India, Active	Dec 05, 2020	₹1,000+ Cr (As on Mar 31, 2026)	46091 (As on May 01, 2026)
ZEPTO MARKETPLACE PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U63999KA2024PTC194234 , India, Active	Oct 22, 2024	₹100 - ₹500 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025)	638 (As on Apr 01, 2026)
Kiranakart Pte. Ltd CIN: 202028972W , Singapore, Active	Sep 20, 2020	$500M - $1B (As on Mar 31, 2024)	-
Kiranakart Pte. Ltd. CIN: 202028972W , Singapore, Active	Dec 31, 2012	-	-
Kiranakart Wholesale Private Limited CIN: U51909KA2022PTC205616 , India, Active	Apr 26, 2022	₹1,000+ Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025)	447 (As on Apr 30, 2026)

Zepto has raised a total funding of $2.34B over 14 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 07, 2021. Its latest funding round was a Series H round on Oct 16, 2025 for $300M. 12 investors participated in its latest round. Zepto has 93 institutional investors and 53 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Zepto:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 16, 2025	$300M	Series H	$7.15B	3.3x	General Catalyst, CalPERS	Goodwater Capital, Glade Brook Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, StepStone Group, Avenir Growth Capital, Azo4, Zpt Holdings, Mangum, avra, Contrary
Aug 13, 2025	$45.6M	Series G	$7B	3.7x	-	Motilal Oswal Financial Services
Jul 29, 2025	$45.6M	Series G	-	-	-	Elcid Investments, MapmyIndia, Motilal Oswal Financial Services

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The founders of Zepto are Kaivalya Vohra and Aadit Kavit Palicha. Aadit Kavit Palicha is the CEO of Zepto.

Here are the details of Zepto's key team members:

Kaivalya Vohra: Co-Founder of Zepto and founder of 2 other companies, zeptonow.com and KiranaKart.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses and 1 phone number
Aadit Kavit Palicha: Co-Founder & CEO of Zepto. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 phone number

Zepto's Board of Directors

Zepto's board has 6 active members. Aadit Kavit Palicha, Paul joseph Joseph Hudson, Kaivalya Vohra and . Ramesh bafna are part of team and Akhil Kumar Gupta and Anulakshmi Hariharan are independent board members.

Here is the list of Zepto's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Aadit Kavit Palicha	Team	-	Current	0y 6m
Kaivalya Vohra	Team	-	Current	1y 8m
. Ramesh bafna	Team	-	Current	0y 7m
Paul joseph Joseph Hudson	Investor	-	Current	0y 7m
Akhil Kumar Gupta	Independent board member	-	Current	1y 2m
Anulakshmi Hariharan	Independent board member	-	Current	0y 7m

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Zepto's employee count trend

Zepto has 40,578 employees as of Mar 26. The total employee count is 627.0% more than what it was in Mar 25. Here is Zepto's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Zepto include Swiggy, Blinkit and Bigbasket. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Zepto, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Swiggy 2013, Bengaluru (India), Public	Operator of digital platforms facilitating food and grocery delivery services	$3.62B	Naspers, Prosus & 89 others	89/100
2nd	Blinkit 2013, Gurugram (India), Acquired	Online retailer of groceries, personal care, and household essential products	$757M	SoftBank Vision Fund, Tiger Global Management ... & 23 others	87/100
3rd	Bigbasket 2011, Bengaluru (India), Acquired	Online retailer of grocery, household, beauty, and personal care products	$943M	Helion Venture Partners, Trifecta Capital ... & 68 others	80/100
4th	Zepto 2021, Bengaluru (India), Series H	Retailer of groceries fresh produce household items and personal care	$2.34B	DST Global, Breyer Capital & 144 others	78/100
5th	DealShare 2018, Bengaluru (India), Series E	Online social deal-sharing platform for multi-category products	$387M	Alpha Wave Global, Tiger Global Management ... & 65 others	75/100
6th	LoveLocal 2015, Mumbai (India), Series A	Platform offering e-commerce platform connecting consumers with local retailers	$25.7M	Chiratae Ventures, Blume Venture & 61 others	72/100
7th	Otipy 2020, Gurugram (India), Series B	Online platform offering grocery products through a digital storefront	$44.2M	WestBridge Capital, SIG Venture Capital & 14 others	72/100
8th	JioMart 2019, Navi Mumbai (India), Unfunded	Online retailer of grocery, snacks, beverages, and household essential items	-	-	69/100
9th	Firstclub 2024, Bengaluru (India), Series B	Retailer of groceries excluding products containing specific harmful chemical additives	$86M	Accel, Peak XV Partners & 33 others	68/100
10th	Rozana 2020, Delhi (India), Series B	Online rural e-commerce platform offering multi-category products	$59.9M	Bertelsmann India Investments, FE Securities ... & 73 others	60/100

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Founders own 1.46%, Funds (largest shareholder) own 65.53%, Parent Entities own 0.31% and Enterprises own 27.06%. The net worth of Zepto's founders is INR 929Cr as of Nov 04, 2025.

Shareholders Name	Post Round Holding %	Net worth	Cumulative Investment	Realised Returns	Unrealised Returns	Return Multiple
Founder	1.46%	929Cr	6	2	3	5
Aadit Kavit Palicha	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaivalya Vohra	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fund	65.53%	41,600Cr	6474841	7191607	4341643	8545162
Nexus Venture Partners	8885431	6524469	4761129	8375537	7926885	2192416
Glade Brook Capital	1392898	8895206	7898267	2814272	3398283	1237072
StepStone Group	6125768	1708256	7979579	7327843	2693037	7785495
Y Combinator	382	798	240	465	892	909
General Catalyst	12	22	43	43	57	24
Contrary	8	2	6	7	1	3
Kaiser Permanente	3	1	8	1	4	1
avra	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lightspeed Venture Partners	0	0	0	0	0	0
Global Founders Capital	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epiq Capital	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mangum	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ananta Capital	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goodwater Capital	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motilal Oswal Financial Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
NSFO	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baldota Group	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eudora Ventures	0	0	0	0	0	0
Compact Structure Fund	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alchemy Capital Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ravi Modi Family Trust	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brescon	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alteria Capital	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ran Ventures	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOLD	0	0	0	0	0	0
Intensive Softshare	0	0	0	0	0	0
Singularity AMC	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trifecta Capital	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parent Entity	0.31%	199Cr	0	0	0	0
Enterprise	27.06%	17,200Cr	7560629	6328823	8490457	8808213
Angel	5.64%	3,580Cr	89527	59101	75746	28314
Raamdeo Agarawal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajeev Juneja	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pradeep Ghisulal Rathod	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaswant Singh Thind	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaydev Mukund Mody	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bimal Natubhai Desai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Varun Daga	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nitin Passi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anshu Dhanuka	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kushal Narendra Desai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bharat Kanaiyalal Sheth	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samina Hamied	0	0	0	0	0	0
G V Prasad	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nawal Kishore Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sanjeevkumar Taparia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aruna Taparia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gokaraju Vamsi Rama Raju	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ashish Garg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paritosh Kumar	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thrikkur Kalyanaraman Ramesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amit Thawani	0	0	0	0	0	0
Radhika Thrikkur Kalyanaraman	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jyotiprasad Taparia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urmiladevi Taparia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darshak Shantilal Shah	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manthena Venkata Rama Raju	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kalyanaraman S	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ishira Kedia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anil Gupta	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sudhindar Krishan Khanna	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charandeep Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	100.00%	63,500Cr	4241699	8832548	8842252	9933597