SUMMARY Founded in 2022 by childhood friends Mandar Lande and Anirudha Kotgire, the startup has ambitious plans to capture a 60% market share by freeing restaurants from the trap of high commissions charged by their host platforms WAAYU charges a one-time setup fee of INR 4,650 and a monthly subscription fee of INR 1,200 from individual restaurants, freeing them from giving commissions on every order The app has already onboarded more than 3,000 restaurants across Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, and Navi Mumbai. Now, it has plans to expand to Bengaluru soon A lot of action is happening in India’s food delivery market, long dominated by the duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy. Fuelled by an unusual demand surge and growing competition (to serve this opportunity) from newer entrants like ONDC, Thrive, Tata Neu, Flipkart and Ola, this paradigm is undergoing a significant makeover. In fact, driven by this balance of demand and supply, the food delivery market is projected to more than ...