‘We listed in India so our customers could own a part of us’

Food-delivery and restaurant-discovery platform Zomato NSE -2.33 %, the first high-profile consumer internet unicorn to list on Indian bourses last month, will continue to chase growth and build a long-term business, undeterred by questions about its lack of profitability and eye-popping valuation, cofounder and chief executive Deepinder Goyal told ET in an interview.

Goyal spoke to ET’s Digbijay Mishra and Samidha Sharma on life after Zomato’s IPO, stiff competition, and new businesses such as grocery delivery. Edited excerpts: