Deliveroo

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Location London, United Kingdom
Founded 2013
Latest Stage IPO
Total Raised $1.53B
Website https://deliveroo.co.uk
Acquired By DoorDash
Sector
food-delivery marketplace logistics

Investors

Martin Mignot 2014 (2014)
Luciana Lixandru Series B (2015)
Neil Mehta Series C (2016)
Benny Peretz Series C (co-led) (2015)
Henry Ellenbogen Series H (2021)
Index Ventures Series A (2014)
hoxton-ventures Series A (2014)
Accel Series B (2015)
Index Ventures Series B (2015)
Greenoaks Capital Series C (2015)
Index Ventures Series C (2015)
DST Global Series D (2015)
Greenoaks Capital Series D (2015)
General Catalyst Series E (2016)
DST Global Series E (2016)
General Catalyst Series F (2017)
DST Global Series F (2017)
Index Ventures Series F (2017)
Accel Series F (2017)
amazon Series G (2019)
Sequoia Capital Series B (2015)
Greenoaks Capital Series C (2016)
durable-capital-partners Series H (2021)

Founders

Will Shu CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Orlowski CTO & Co-Founder

About

Deliveroo is a food delivery platform founded in 2013 in London by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski 1. The company IPO’d on the London Stock Exchange in March 2021 at a valuation of approximately $10.5 billion 2, and was acquired by DoorDash in October 2025 for $3.9 billion 3.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
Jun 2014 Series A £2.75M Index Ventures Hoxton Ventures 4
Jan 2015 Series B $25M Accel Index Ventures, Hummingbird Ventures, Hoxton Ventures 4
Jul 2015 Series C $70M Greenoaks Capital Index Ventures 4
Nov 2015 Series D $100M DST Global Greenoaks Capital, Accel, Hummingbird Ventures, Index Ventures 5
Aug 2016 Series E $275M Bridgepoint DST Global, General Catalyst, Greenoaks Capital 6
Sep 2017 Series F $385M T. Rowe Price, Fidelity (co-lead) DST Global, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Accel 7
May 2019 Series G $575M Amazon T. Rowe Price, Fidelity, Greenoaks 8
2021-01-17 Series H $180M Durable Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Existing investors 4910
2021-03-31 IPO £1.5B raised Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Jefferies, Numis 21112

Total pre-IPO funding raised: approximately $1.53 billion 4. Acquired by DoorDash in October 2025 for $3.9 billion 3.

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Sources

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