Swiggy, the food delivery and ordering platform, calculated a potential stock-based amalgamation with rival Zomato as per 4 sources known of the issue, which indicates the frantic parleys happening in the Internet industry of India as even rivals look for places for cooperation. The discussions, amid the management of the 2 firms, were conducted as lately as last week, but have been unsuccessful to progress as dissimilarities in expected valuations and business alignment prove hard to solve. While Zomato has planned a stock-based amalgamation, Bengaluru-located Swiggy is eager to operate and acquire the food delivery commerce of the Gurgaon-located competitor.

“Zomato might have sustained with the restaurant discovery and search business while enduring as a stakeholder in Swiggy,” claimed one of the sources mentioned above. But Zomato, which is in superior discussions to conclude a funding round from payment affiliate Ant Financial of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce major, was more involved in an outright amalgamation and offered a 4:1 ratio of share swap to Swiggy, claimed a 2nd source. “Swiggy was more concerned in discovering the amalgamation at present valuation, but proposed swap ratio of Zomato might have capitalized it at $225 Million,” the source claimed. Zomato was capitalized a little more than $960 Million when it previously lifted capital in 2015, while Swiggy was capitalized at $400 Million when it concluded an $80 Million round from Naspers, the South African media behemoth, this year in May.

Ant Financial had also discovered a possible investment in the joint entity if the discussions had gone throughout. Sources known of the deal claimed to the media that the discussions are improbable to progress further since the two sides cannot reach a trading alignment. Zomato did not respond to email questions on the deal. While a Swiggy spokesperson claimed that the company has a razor-sharp aim in catering to a superior user experience as we carry on to develop as biggest food delivery and ordering company in India. We might not like to answer on unfounded rumors such as this.”

A possible merger between Swiggy and Zomato might mark the largest amalgamation amongst rivals in the Internet space of India.