New app to compete with Swiggy-Zomato: Sunil Shetty launches food delivery app 'Waayu'

Bollywood actor and investor Suniel Shetty on Tuesday (May 9) launched a new food delivery app 'Vaayu' (Waayu) to compete with Swiggy and Zomato. This food delivery app aims to offer restaurants with a zero-commission platform.
Anirudh Kotgire and Mandar Lande of Destec Horeca are the founders of the 'Vayu' app. The 'Vayu' app will help hotels and restaurants log orders for food delivery without any commission. Right now the services of this app have started only in Mumbai.
Several hotels and restaurants in Mumbai have been onboarded on the app. Which includes many restaurants including Mahesh Lunch Home, Bhagat Tarachand, Banana Leaf, Shiv Sagar, Guru Kripa, Kirti Mahal, Farsi Darbar, and Ladoo Samrat.
Vayu is supported by AHAR, the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association of Mumbai. The app is also onboarding restaurants from most parts of Mumbai BMC, Mira Bhayandar, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Palghar, etc. Currently, there are more than 1500 restaurants registered on this app and it has more than 25,000 downloaders.
The company is also planning to expand its services to other metro and non-metro cities. Sunil is the brand ambassador of this company. Not only this, he is also an investor in the company.
The app is currently charging Rs 1,000 per month as a fixed fee from all outlets. This fee can be increased to Rs 2,000 later. Not only this, but this app is also planning to associate with Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
Sunil Shetty has already invested in many startups. Last year, Sunil invested in a fitness startup Aquatine in February. He is also the brand ambassador of this startup.
The actor told that he will invest in many more startups in 2023. Sunil said, “I will continue to support great founders and great ideas, but will also ensure that they are well managed.”