New Delhi, June 9 -- Zomato until now, had four co-founders - Deepinder Goyal, Gunjan Patidar, Gaurav Gupta and Mohit Gupta. Akriti Chopra, who has been at the company for a decade, is now a co-founder in the foodtech company. Ahead of the company's IPO , Deepinder Goyal announced the elevation in an internal email, reports suggest. "Tuki (Akriti), I know this doesn't mean much to you, because you have always been a founder at Zomato. Sometimes more than me, but never less than me. Thank you. Congratulations for now officially being a founder at Zomato," Goyal wrote in the email.

Deepinder Goyal and Gunjan Patidar were the first founders of the food-tech startup. Similar to Akriti, Gaurav Gupta and Mohit Gupta , were promoted as co-found...