Norwest Venture Partners led the online food ordering service's series B round, which will facilitate its expansion into additional Indian cities.

India-based online food ordering company Swiggy raised $16.5m today in a series B round led by Norwest Venture Partners, the venture capital firm funded by bank Wells Fargo.

The round also included SAIF Partners and Accel Partners, the VC firms that provided $2m in seed funding for Swiggy in April this year, and an undisclosed global investor.

Reports last month suggested Norwest had invested $15m in Swiggy, but the company has not revealed whether that funding, or the April…