Mumbai: Zomato, one of India’s biggest internet companies, has acquired cloud-based data firm MaplePOS to help its restaurant partners manage business better as it expands from reviews into online orders and payments, a top executive said on Tuesday.
Zomato, present in 22 countries including the United States, said MaplePOS, renamed “Zomato Base”, would provide a database of customer details. It will also help restaurants with menu and inventory management, and has a built-in payment solution to accept debit and credit card payments.
“We are getting into table reservations and online ordering, so you need a very strong hold into the tech that our users need,” said Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal.
He did not reveal how much Zomato paid for the purchase, but said the company was rolling out a pilot for online ordering on Tuesday and would expand it to all Indian users by next week. It will start its service with around 4,000 restaurant partners.
