Deliveroo
Food delivery from local restaurants & shops
- 1001+ employees
- B2C
- Marketplace
- Food
- Logistics
- Delivery
- eCommerce
- City of London, London, UK
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Company mission
To not only make sure that the restaurants and grocers in local areas are available to customers when and where they want them - but also to bring new restaurants to local areas, so customers can have even more amazing food choices.
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
When Deliveroo's founder and CEO Will Shu moved to London in 2013, he discovered a city full of great restaurants, but he was amazed that so few of them delivered food. He made it Deliveroo's mission to bring local restaurants direct to people’s doors. Deliveroo was one of the companies that pioneered leveraging the gig economy to deliver food from high-quality chains and restaurants.
Deliveroo operates a hyperlocal three-sided marketplace, connecting local consumers, restaurants and grocers, and riders to fulfil purchases in under 30 minutes. By offering fast and reliable delivery that consumers can track online, Deliveroo has grown rapidly and established a presence in markets across the globe.
Competition in the space is fierce, as Deliveroo battles with the likes of Uber and Just Eat. This challenge has forced the company to continue innovating its offering, for example by expanding its grocery delivery options as the cost-of-living crisis turned consumers away from take-out. In 2025, it was announced that Deliveroo would be acquired by US company DoorDash, with this combined entity boasting a presence in more than 40 countries and serving about 50 million customers per month.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Access to Deliveroo Plus (no delivery fee on all orders)
- Life assurance
- Access to discounts in other companies
- Employee assistance programme
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2021
$180m
SERIES H
May 2019
$575m
SERIES G
Total funding: $1.6bn
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Leadership
Miki Kuusi
(CEO)CEO (International) at DoorDash, Deliveroo's parent company. Also Chair at Wolt, which they founded and were CEO of for 11 years. Board Member at various businesses both now and previously.