Manik Gupta got his first taste of solving logistics nightmares when fresh out of college, he was delivering Palm Pilots around Singapore. He’d started a precursor to Groupon called BuyItTogether. “We were a full stack marketplace where we were also delivering the goods. That’s what caused us to not have good profit margins. Actually, zero […]
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Amazon is letting users choose the day packages are delivered
Amazon Day looks like one of those options you’ll wonder how you ever managed to live without. The new feature, which is currently being tested for select Prime users, offers up a choice of deliver day during the check out process. In addition to the standard options (one and two day, et al), most two-day […]
View More Amazon is letting users choose the day packages are deliveredStarship is using self-driving robots to deliver packages on demand
Soon, the days of package theft will be behind us. For people living in the U.K. town of Milton Keynes, that day is today. That’s thanks to autonomous robot startup Starship Technologies . Starship’s on-demand package delivery requires you to first install the app to receive a delivery address to go in the place of […]
View More Starship is using self-driving robots to deliver packages on demandUber Eats is expanding to cover 70 percent of U.S. population by end of year
Uber is continuing to expand its on-demand food delivery service, Eats. By the end of this year, Uber plans to cover more than 70 percent of the U.S. Today, Uber covers more than 50 percent of the U.S. population. Uber Eats competitor Postmates, on the other hand, recently said it covers 60 percent of U.S. […]
View More Uber Eats is expanding to cover 70 percent of U.S. population by end of yearUber is developing an on-demand staffing business
Uber is reportedly developing a short-term staffing business to offer 1099 independent contractors for events and corporate functions, the Financial Times first reported. Dubbed Uber Works, the service would provide waiters, security guards and other temporary staffers to business partners, a source close to Uber told TechCrunch. Uber has been working on the project for […]
View More Uber is developing an on-demand staffing businessGoogle Maps’ ETA sharing feature hits iOS
If you’re heading out to meet someone, there are plenty of ways to inform them of your location and estimated arrival. Chat apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, LINE and iMessage, for example, offer location-sharing functionality, while navigation apps like Waze and CityMapper and even ridesharing apps like Uber offer live updating ETAs. Now, Google Maps’ own […]
View More Google Maps’ ETA sharing feature hits iOSPassport, a customer service company focused on shipping, has raised $3 million in seed funding from some notable names
Founders building a brand today are largely relying on new infrastructure to do it, though they’re still heavily reliant on legacy carriers like FedEx and DHL when it comes to international shipping. In fact, prohibitively high prices, along with not a lot of support or tools, are a few reasons why more American products aren’t […]
View More Passport, a customer service company focused on shipping, has raised $3 million in seed funding from some notable namesAmazon puts $10M in Closed Loop Fund to make recycling easier in more American cities
Amazon announced today that it has invested $10 million in Closed Loop Fund, which finances the creation of recycling infrastructure and services in U.S. cities. In a statement, the e-commerce behemoth claimed that its investment will keep one million tons of recyclable material out of landfills and “eliminate the equivalent of two million metric tons of […]
View More Amazon puts $10M in Closed Loop Fund to make recycling easier in more American citiesDeliverr raises $7M to help e-commerce businesses compete with Amazon Prime
Deliverr, a startup that helps retailers offer a Prime-like delivery experience has raised a $7.1 million Series A led by Joe Londsdale’s 8VC, with participation from Zola founder Shan Lyn Ma, Flexport chief executive officer Ryan Peterson and others.
View More Deliverr raises $7M to help e-commerce businesses compete with Amazon PrimePostmates Unlimited lowers minimum order size for free delivery
On the heels of a $300 million funding round valued at $1.2 billion, Postmates is making its Unlimited monthly subscription product a bit more economical. Postmates Unlimited, which costs $9.99 per month (or $7.99 per month paid annually), is lowering its minimum order size from $20 to $15. That means in order to get free […]
View More Postmates Unlimited lowers minimum order size for free deliveryBloomThat pauses on-demand flower services
Following an acquisition by FTD Companies earlier this year for a reportedly small amount of cash, on-demand flower service BloomThat is pausing its services as it works “to figure out how to best integrate BloomThat as part of the FTD portfolio of brands,” the founders wrote to its customers a few days ago. “Before we […]
View More BloomThat pauses on-demand flower servicesLogistics startup Freightos raises $44.4M Series C led by Singapore Exchange
Freightos, a marketplace for logistics providers, announced today that it has raised a $44.4 million Series C led by Singapore Exchange. Returning investors including General Electric Ventures (the lead investor of Freightos’ Series B extension last year), ICV and Aleph also participated in the round, which brings Freightos’ total funding so far to $94.4 million. […]
View More Logistics startup Freightos raises $44.4M Series C led by Singapore Exchange