Postmates

Last week, DoorDash, a U.S. food delivery company, filed its Form S-1 Prospectus with plans fora NYSE listing under the ticker “DASH”. Earlier this year, DoorDash raised $400 million, on a $16B valuation. [more]

This week, Uber announced a US$2.65 billion acquisition of Postmates, an on-demand food and grocery delivery company with operations in 4,200 U.S. cities. A day later, Uber announced the launch of its on-demand grocery delivery service in partnership with Cornershop, a Chile-based online grocery delivery company that Uber has held a majority stake in since last year. [more]