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DoorDash

303 2nd Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States

Overview

Doordash provides restaurant food delivery services connecting customers with local businesses. The company is passionate about transforming local businesses and is dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. By building the last-mile delivery infrastructure for local cities Doordash is bringing communities closer. It connects customers with their favorite local and national restaurants and Fang, Evan Moore, Stanley Tang, and Tony Xu launched the company as PaloAltoDelivery.com in 2013, which became DoorDash, Inc. in October 2014.

Total investments
4
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Apps
  • Delivery
  • E-Commerce Platforms
  • Food Delivery
  • Online Portals
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Investment portfolio

  • Also

    Participated · Series C · Mar 2026

    Also was launched as an independent company by Rivian in early 2025, transferring key engineers and Rivian’s electric skateboard platform technology to the new venture. The company is focused on autonomous last-mile delivery and pursuing commercial partnerships with customers such as DoorDash. With the latest $200 million investment led by DoorDash and Greenoaks Capital, Also’s total funding has surpassed $500 million. The spinoff structure was intended to let Rivian concentrate on consumer vehicles while allowing Also to develop and commercialize delivery robotics independently. The strategic backing from DoorDash positions Also to pilot and scale deployments aimed at reducing delivery labor costs, though the article does not disclose revenue or user metrics.

  • Flink Food

    Participated · Equity · Apr 2024

    Founded in 2021, Flink Food operates a network of local fulfilment hubs that enable rapid, app-based delivery of everyday groceries and household items. The company targets high-frequency, top-up shopping missions, offering a curated assortment and average delivery times of roughly 30 minutes. Flink has prioritized operational discipline and cost control, and it now reports profitability at the EBITDA level. Key operating metrics include an average basket size exceeding €45, underscoring strong customer spend per order. Having weathered recent consolidation in European online grocery, the firm intends to open additional hubs in selected German regions in 2026, focusing only on locations that meet strict profitability and density criteria. Its model combines in-house logistics with near-real-time delivery to differentiate itself from traditional e-grocery competitors.

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