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Timeline
July 6, 2020
Uber Technologies Inc. reaches an agreement with Postmates Inc. to acquire the on-demand delivery company for about $2.65 billion in an all-stock transaction.
May 6, 2019
Postmates and Pei Wei Asian Kitchen launches on-demand delivery with free delivery.
April 15, 2019
Postmates and POPEYES launches on demand delivery.
Postmates and POPEYES® announces they've partnered to bring their delicious fried chicken direct to your door.
February 2014
Postmates raises a $16,000,000 series B round from Matrix Partners, Spark Capital and Crosslink Capital.
May 1, 2011
Postmates raises a $750,000 seed round from Matrix Partners, Walter Lee, Russel Simmons, Naval Ravikant, Andy McLoughlin, Thomas Korte, Russell Cook and AngelPad.
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750,000
May 1, 2011
16,000,000
February 2014
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LinkedIn
A. Katrina Belda
Employee
Aabhas Sharma
Employee
Aaron Batalion
Investor
Adam Mosseri
Investor
Adam Pearsall
Investor
Adam Schwartz
Investor
Alex Moskalyuk
Investor
Ali Kashani, Ph.D.
Employee
Andre Moore
Employee
Andrew Mager
Employee
Andrew McCollum
Investor
Andrew Perry
Employee
Andrew Rider
Employee
Andy McLoughlin
Investor
AngelList Consumer Fund Manager
Investor
April Conyers
Employee
Ario Jafarzadeh
Employee
Arlene Enero
Employee
Ashish Aggarwal
Employee
Ashlie Gudmundsen
Employee
Aspiration Growth Opportunities II, LP
Investor
Avi Eyal
Investor
Bastian Lehmann
Founder
Ben Davenport
Investor
Ben Silver
Investor
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Sean Hollister
February 19, 2021
The Verge
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Postmates spent over $200 million campaigning for the most expensive ballot measure in California history to avoid classifying workers as employees. They suggested prices wouldn't go up, but now every one of them is hiking the price anyway.
Proactive Talent
February 9, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- The uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has not stunted the growth of the agile recruitment processing outsourcing company Proactive...
Kim Lyons
January 24, 2021
The Verge
Uber has laid off about 185 Postmates workers, and plans to further integrate Postmates' infrastructure within its Uber Eats segment. Uber acquired Postmates in July for $2.65 billion.
Nancy Luna and Maddy Simpson
January 19, 2021
Business Insider
An analysis of Postmates salaries reveals they are competitive with Google and Amazon when it comes to paying tech-level engineers.
Postmates
December 21, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Postmates and Zaxby's are teaming up to deliver fresh, prepared-to-order Chicken FingerzTM, Zalads and wings from participating Zaxby's...
Tanya Dua
December 7, 2020
Business Insider
These up and comers are taking advertising in-house, reaching consumers in new ways, and more.
Postmates
November 24, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- As the US prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, Postmates has partnered with NFL greats Aaron Rodgers and Jerry Rice to give back to...
Christine Hall
July 6, 2020
Crunchbase News
The deal will marry Uber's Rides and Eats platform with Postmates' U.S. delivery business, which Uber called "highly complementary to Uber Eats."
Anthony Ha
July 6, 2020
TechCrunch
You may have noticed that The Daily Crunch is publishing about six hours later than usual. Do not be alarmed! We decided that sending the newsletter later in the day was a better fit for the TechCrunch news cycle -- hopefully, there will be fewer days when we hit Publish and then groan when we see [...]
Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith
July 6, 2020
www.nytimes.com
The ride-hailing company's core business has struggled in the pandemic, and it is betting on growth of its Uber Eats division.
Reuters
June 30, 2020
@bsindia
Postmates is alternatively exploring various paths to go public
Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith
June 30, 2020
www.nytimes.com
The ride-hailing company has been trying to expand its food-delivery business to compensate for the collapse of its main business.
Aarian Marshall
May 29, 2020
Wired
With dining rooms closed, more people are using Uber Eats, Grubhub, and DoorDash. But the services face a challenge to satisfy both consumers and restaurants.
Kirsten Korosec
May 17, 2020
TechCrunch
COVID-19 knocked the wheels off the economy, but one nascent tech job not only kept rolling, it picked up speed. Teleoperations -- or more specifically, teleops for autonomous delivery robots -- is still a niche job within an industry that has yet to dive into the deep end of the commercialization pool. However, the job, [...]
Jonathan Stempel
April 14, 2020
U.S.
GrubHub, DoorDash, Postmates and Uber Eats were sued on Monday for allegedly exploiting their dominance in restaurant meal deliveries to impose fees that consumers ultimately bear through higher menu prices, including during the coronavirus pandemic.
Chris Kirkham
March 25, 2020
IN
On his delivery route through Orange County, California, Joseph Alvarado made 153 stops one day last week for Amazon.com Inc, touching the inside and outside of his van, more than 225 packages, and dozens of customers' doors and gates.
Arielle Pardes
March 11, 2020
Wired
People are being encouraged to stay home to avoid exposure to the coronavirus. Should they ask others to bring them food?
Johana Bhuiyan
March 7, 2020
Los Angeles Times
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is asking gig economy companies including Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Grubhub and Instacart to alleviate some of the potential financial burden the contractors working for these platforms may face during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Reuters
February 11, 2020
www.nytimes.com
Uber and Postmates were denied an injunction while they fight, in court, new rules that treat their contractors as full employees.
Tina Bellon
February 10, 2020
U.S.
A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a request by Uber Technologies Inc and courier services provider Postmates Inc to block a California labor law from taking effect, saying the bill's public benefits outweighed the companies' concerns.
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