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Food delivery: foodpanda secured more than $ 20 million

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Thomas Ohr

foodpanda, one of the fastest growing food delivery services worldwide, secured more than $ 20 million funding from a group of investors – among them Investment AB Kinnevik and Phenomen Ventures. The startup, which was founded by Rocket Internet (headquartered in Berlin) … Continue reading →

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Hungry for money: Delivery Hero raises additional €40m

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Another round of funding – €40m ($49m) from Kite Ventures, Kreos Capital and other existing investors - has pushed Delivery Hero‘s total raised capital to €80m. This makes the 21-month-old online food delivery company one of the “best financed” European Internet startups … Continue reading →

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Meal order platform lieferando received new funding

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

There’s a lot going on right now in the field of food delivery platforms (especially in Germany). Last month, for instance, we reported about a Police raid on Delivery Hero’s headquarter in Berlin. The reason for this was the suspicion … Continue reading →

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Hungry for more: Delivery Hero acquires Pizza-online.fi

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Just a few weeks after the acquisition of OnlinePizza Norden Group the Berlin-based Delivery Hero, a global network for online food ordering, continues to expand into Scandinavia. Delivery Hero today announced the acquisition of Pizza-online.fi for a single-digit million amount. The Berlin … Continue reading →

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Police raid on Delivery Hero’s headquarters in Berlin

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Last Wednesday, the Berlin based online food delivery startup Delivery Hero and its German platform Lieferheld had a police raid on their office. Spiegel Online reported, that there are investigations on the management team of Delivery Hero’s platform Lieferheld.de on … Continue reading →

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Delivery Hero aquires Lieferheld & merges with hungryhouse

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Delivery Hero, a global network for online food ordering, continues its growth with a controlling interest in it’s German sister-site Lieferheld (also backed by the Berlin-based incubator Team Europe) and a pivotal stake in the UK based hungryhouse. The rapid move has been … Continue reading →

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Lieferheld secures €8m from Ru-Net, Kite and others

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin based online food delivery platforms Lieferheld and Delivery Hero, which was founded in October 2010, today announced financing of 8 million Euro. The financing round was led by the Moscow based ru-Net and Kite Ventures – the co-investors are Team … Continue reading →

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Team Europe just founded the Delivery Hero Holding

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin-based incubator Team Europe today announced the founding of Delivery Hero Holding. Team Europe aims to turn Delivery Hero (which initially started as “Lieferheld” in Germany) into the world’s leading online food ordering platform. The Delivery Hero Holding is headquartered in … Continue reading →

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Just-Eat has just acquired London-based Urbanbite

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Just-Eat, a London based provider of online takeaway services, has now completed its acquisition of Urbanbite, a leading online food delivery provider which is also based in London. The deal consolidates Just-Eat’s position as UK’s leading online service for takeaway restaurants … Continue reading →

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Food delivery: Lieferheld receives 4mm € of funding

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin based food delivery service Lieferheld just received 4 million Euro of funding. Lead investor of this financing round is a venture capital company belonging to the German retail giant Tengelmann. Team Europe Ventures and Holzbrinck Ventures also participated in … Continue reading →

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