by Arthur Robert | Nov 18, 2021 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Consolidation continues in the delivery sector. DoorDash announced it has agreed to acquire Wolt (pronounced “volt”), a Helsinki-based delivery firm in an all-stock transaction that values the company at approximately $8.1 billion. If the proposed merger goes through,...
by Arthur Robert | Oct 21, 2021 | Finance, News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Gorillas, the German delivery startup promising groceries in ten minutes or less, announced it closed its Series C funding round on Tuesday. The company raised “close to” $1 billion at a valuation of $2.1 billion. The news comes just seven months after the company...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 29, 2021 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Delivery Hero, the German-based local delivery platform, has partnered with sustainable packaging manufacturer Eco-Products to provide restaurants with Earth-friendly packaging to reduce plastic waste and carbon emissions. The pilot program is debuting in Austria,...
by Tom Kaiser | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Top Stories
Like cicadas, the rapid-delivery grocery category has sprung up so quickly you’ve got to assume it’s been here all along, waiting for the ideal time to emerge from the ground. It’s easy to picture use cases where near-instant grocery delivery makes sense, but Jokr is...
by Emili Raeder | Jul 1, 2021 | News
Almost-instant grocery delivery company Gorillas is coming from across the pond to provide New Yorkers with groceries delivered in ten minutes or less. Kağan Sümer founded and launched the Berlin-based company in June 2020. Growing extensively from the start, Gorillas...