Section 34
Deepinder Goyal
Started Zomato as Foodiebay in 2007 and built Eternal, the first Indian tech startup in the Sensex. (Zomato / Eternal Ltd)
- era
- 2010 to now
- 17
- Years from first line of code to the Sensex · 2024
- 4
- Businesses under Eternal · 2025
The story
Deepinder Goyal wrote the first line of code for Foodiebay, which became Zomato, on 23 December 2007. The company Zomato Limited was incorporated in 2010.
Zomato grew into food delivery and later acquired the quick-commerce business Blinkit. Inside the company, the name 'Eternal' was used to separate the company from the Zomato app.
On 23 December 2024, exactly 17 years after that first line of code, Zomato entered the BSE Sensex, which Goyal called a first for an Indian tech startup. In February 2025 the board approved renaming the company Eternal Ltd, covering four businesses: Zomato, Blinkit, District and Hyperpure. The Zomato app kept its name.
Timeline
- 2007Writes the first code for Foodiebay on 23 December.
- 2010Zomato Limited is incorporated.
- 2024Zomato enters the BSE Sensex on 23 December.
- 2025Board approves renaming the company Eternal Ltd (February).
- 2025Stock ticker changes from ZOMATO to ETERNAL.