Company type | Private |
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Industry | Package delivery |
Founded | 2012; 13 years ago (2012) in Menlo Park, California |
Founder | Daphne Carmeli (CEO) |
Defunct | 2020 (2020) |
Fate | Acquired by Target Corporation |
Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States |
Website | deliv |
Deliv Inc. was an American crowdshipping, same-day delivery startup, based in Menlo Park, California. Deliv provided last mile transportation services. Deliv was founded in 2012 by Daphne Carmeli, who also was CEO of the company, and offered same-day service to mall shoppers.
Company Details
Deliv raised $12.35 million in funding from the four largest mall operators in the U.S., as well as General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Operators Fund and PivotNorth as well as strategic investors including UPS, Google, Enterprise Holdings, and GM. Deliv's drivers were required to undergo an extensive filtering process. In 2017, the company announced an expansion of its service to 33 markets and 1,400 cities, up from 19 markets previously.
In May 2020, Deliv announced Target buys delivery startup Deliv with Carmeli and Deliv team joining the retailer. Target had previously acquired delivery companies Shipt and Grand Junction both in 2017.
See also
References
- ^ Sailors, John (March 28, 2013). "Deliv launching same-day delivery, raises $1 million". San Francisco Business Times.
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- Drake, Sarah (February 24, 2014). "Retail delivery startup Deliv raises $4.5M". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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- Bensinger, Greg (February 24, 2014). "Same-Day Delivery Startup Deliv Gets $4.5 Million Vote of Confidence". Wall Street Journal.
- Somerville, Heather (December 12, 2013). "Palo A lot Startup Deliv Brings Same-Day Delivery To Malls". SiliconBeat.
- Lunden, Ingrid (August 31, 2017). "Same day delivery startup expands to 1400 cities, rivaling Amazon's Prime now". Tech Crunch. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- Dickey, Megan Rose; Perez, Sarah (May 7, 2020). "Target to acquire same-day delivery tech from Deliv". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- Kumar, Kavita (May 8, 2020). "Target buys technology assets of delivery startup Deliv". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 15, 2021.