Swiggy’s co-founder Rahul Jaimini to join edtech startup Pesto

Swiggy has announced that Rahul Jaimini, Co-founder and CTO of the company, is stepping down from his active role in May this year to pursue another entrepreneurial venture. Jaimini will be joining Pesto Tech, a career accelerator startup, as its co-founder. He will continue to be a part of Swiggy’s board and hold his shares. Notably, Jaimini is also an investor in Pesto.

Jaimini co-founded Swiggy along with Sriharsha Majety and Nandan Reddy in 2014 and has played a key role in building Swiggy’s technology backbone in India.

Jaimini says, “The last 6 years at Swiggy were undoubtedly some of the best years. We set off with a massive goal to disrupt the food delivery industry and change the way the country eats, and this made for an exhilarating experience. Working with technology that has large scale impact is what excites me, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to do just this at Swiggy and grow tremendously over the years. Although the time has come to move on and pursue other interesting challenges, I will continue to cheer for Harsha, Nandan and the entire Swiggy team as it strives towards delivering unparalleled convenience for consumers across the country.”

The role of Jaimini at Pesto is yet to be ascertained. Founded by Ayush Jaiswal and San Francisco-based serial entrepreneur Andrew Linfoot, Pesto is a career accelerator for top software engineering talent, which runs a 12-week training programme.