Rishi Arora, a long-time executive, was promoted to co-founder level by quick-commerce firm Blinkit two months before to the acquisition by food delivery giant Zomato.

Zomato former executive Sajal Gupta was also appointed  as the CTO of the company.

Following the departure of Blinkit cofounder Saurabh Kumar in June of last year, Arora was promoted to cofounder. After that, Kumar founded Warpli, a business that offers 30-minute deliveries of everything from groceries to gadgets.

Prior to his elevation, Arora served as senior vice president of operations for Blinkit, formerly known as Grofers, for more than eight years. Gupta, on the other hand, spent five years at Zomato before switching to Blinkit in January.
 
Zomato is now finalising its $578 million acquisition of Blinkit.