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Big Basket, founded with a seed capital of 10 million dollars in 2011 as an online grocer, became an unicorn worth over 1 billion dollars with funding from Alibaba and others. Supermarket Grocery Suppliers Pvt. Ltd, the parent company of Big Basket, now supplies groceries, vegetables, fruits, dairy, beverages, meat, branded foods, etc to over 30 cities in India. As early as January 2023, Big Basket processes over 15 million orders every month to give tough competition to Reliance, Amazon, Flipkart, and others. With Tata Group acquiring its significant stake in 2021 and hoping for an IPO, the Big Basket stock price is on a roll to yield high returns. It is because of the trust that the investors in India and abroad have in the Tata Group for the past half-century, worth over Rs. 31 trillion or over 382 billion dollars.
Started as another tech startup from Bangalore nearly one and half decades before, Big Basket, the first online grocer in India, still has a big market share. In recent times, Bloomberg confirmed that Tata Digital plans to come out with its IPO in 2025 after acquiring a major stake in Big Basket. Confirming the news, Big Basket’s co-founder and chief executive says that as soon as the results show profitability in FY 24, Tata Digital will start the IPO process. Reports confirm that as soon as Big Basket BB Now’s third business line shows profit within the next 6 to 8 months, like the other two BB Daily and the slotted business, it will come out with the IPO. Hence, it is time for investors to buy the Big Basket shares to get high returns.
Groceries, fruits, vegetables, and other daily needs at the doorstep have been the dream of many urban people in India for a long time. As an essential need, it is one of the wishes of hardworking couples not to waste their precious time buying them from retail stores in person. And in this fast and competitive world, delivering essential daily needs like these items, along with others, has become indispensable. Here, Big Basket became the pioneer online grocer in India. It has a network of over 12,000 farmers across India and over 50,000 stock-keeping units to serve millions of orders monthly. Hence, the Big Basket share price continues to rise so investors can buy them from top online platforms for a high ROI or return on investment.
One of the daily essential needs for any household worldwide is groceries, food on the plate, and a healthy life. Big Basket, with a novel idea of delivering groceries to the doorsteps of people in India, was an instant hit that made it a successful startup for many to know its potential to grow big in the future. It started with a seed capital of only 10 million to initiate the first steps of creating a unique software to be the online portal for customers to place orders and form a network of farmers and suppliers. Massive funds were needed to expand its business, Big Basket, to many cities in India and increase its network. The following are the few fundraisings of Big Basket not only to become the unicorn with funds from Alibaba to get acquired by Tata Digital,
| Year | Investor | Investment Amount (USD) |
| 2011 | Ascent Capital | $10 million |
| 2014 | Zodus Capital Advisors, Helion Venture Invest | $35 million |
| 2016 | Bessemer Venture Partners, Abraaj Group | $15 million, $150 million |
| 2018 | Alibaba, CDC Group, Mirae Asset Naver Asia Growth Fund | $300 million, $150 million |
| 2019 | Tata Digital | ₹1,116 crore (~$150 million) |
Hence, Big Basket’s share price will continue to rise in the coming months to yield high returns.
As a pioneer in the online grocery market in India, Big Basket has faced many challenges in overcoming the need to take orders and deliver many products to customers’ doorsteps on time. And later, with stringent competition from Reliance Retail, Amazon, Flipkart, and others coming into the online grocery market, it became more challenging for Big Basket. Hence, the above list of funds raised was used for many acquisitions, including the following, to transform the many challenges into opportunities to grow big for Big Basket’s share price to rise rapidly.
One of Big Basket’s first significant acquisitions was Delyver in 2015. In a 50-50 stock and cash deal, Big Basket built its last-mile delivery network, enabling one-hour delivery services in the top five cities in India to compete with the other online grocers.
In 2018, Big Basket acquired a 100% stake in RainCan to strengthen its hyper-local delivery in many cities further to rebrand the app as BBdaily to boost its micro-operations
In the same year, Big Basket acquired Morning Cat, a micro-delivery platform to deliver groceries before 8 Am in major cities to increase business.
Big Basket acquired Savis Retail, another Banglore-based company operating smart vending machines known as Kwik24, to serve its 10,000 registered members in 2018 with fast grocery, fruits, vegetables, and other deliveries.
In 2020, Big Basket acquired DailyNinja, a milk delivery app, to get access to its over 2,000 milkman partners throughout India and expand its business into delivering milk to its customers.
To increase its homegrown grocery sales, Big Basket acquired Agrima Infotech to provide in-depth tech solutions at scale using artificial intelligence and machine learning to expand business exponentially.
| Year | Acquisition | Details |
| 2015 | Delyver | Big Basket acquired Delyver in a 50-50 stock and cash deal to build its last-mile delivery network, enabling one-hour delivery services in the top five cities in India, enhancing competition with other online grocers. |
| 2018 | RainCan | Big Basket acquired a 100% stake in RainCan to strengthen its hyper-local delivery in many cities. To boost its micro-operations, it rebranded the app as BBdaily. |
| 2018 | Morning Cat | Big Basket acquired Morning Cat, a micro-delivery platform focused on delivering groceries before 8 AM in major cities, aiming to expand its business and cater to early morning delivery demands. |
| 2018 | Savis Retail | Big Basket acquired Savis Retail, operating smart vending machines known as Kwik24, to serve its 10,000 registered members with fast grocery, fruits, vegetables, and other deliveries. |
| 2020 | DailyNinja | Big Basket acquired DailyNinja, a milk delivery app, to access its over 2,000 milkman partners throughout India, facilitating the expansion of its business into delivering milk to its customers. |
All the above acquisitions and more to come with Tata taking over Big Basket increase the expectations of the investors to buy another Tata share at the current Bigbasket share price to reap huge profits.
For any household anywhere in the world, a few essential products like groceries, dairy, vegetables, fruits, meat, branded foods, egg products, bread, and others are daily needs. Especially for those living in cities and other urban areas, providing them at their doorsteps saves a lot of time and effort. Here, Big Basket became a pioneer in delivering all such daily essential products at the right time to make it a unicorn and acquired by Tata Group. With people trusting Tata Group for the past one and a half centuries, Big Basket has significantly increased its business across India. It is also evident in increasing Big Basket stock price.
The above funds and acquisitions increased the technological expertise, network, and logistical support to form three unique business models for Big Basket to become the top online grocery supermarket to sell over 18,000 products of over 1,000 brands quickly to even compete with Walmart acquired Flipkart, Amazon, Reliance Retail and others. Bollywood Badshah Shahrukh Khan, the brand ambassador of Big Basket, enables customers to quickly go online and receive fast delivery with multiple safe payment options, making it the best among the equals. The following are the three unique models for making Big Basket shares increase its income stream to become profitable and launch an IPO in 2025.
BB Daily is Big Basket’s best business model. It is a subscription-based platform selling dairy, fruits, bread, cereals, vegetables, and even tender coconut.
Big Basket’s slotted business model contributes around 65% of revenue, enabling customers to pick same-day or next-day deliveries.
BB’s business model started in 2023. It offers delivery within an average of 12 minutes apart. In addition to operating 400 dark stores, it launched Precia, a frozen food line with a tie-up with celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor to tap the vast market potential of over 1.5 billion dollars.
The above facts about funds, acquisitions, and business models are raising the Tata Big Basket share price to new levels as investors expect another Tata Group share to list in the market after confirmation from the board members to come out with an IPO in 2025.
