Postmates is launching a new feature called Postmates Party that lets customers within the same neighborhood pool their orders. In return, these customers get the food delivered for free, eliminating a major pinch point for potential Postmates users. The feature illustrates how Postmates, one of the earlier entrants to the billion-dollar food delivery wars, is […]
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Meet the 19 startups in AngelPad’s 12th batch
Including a meal kit for authentic gourmet ramen, a millennial-focused platform for buying affordable fine-art and a benefits platform for gig workers.
View More Meet the 19 startups in AngelPad’s 12th batchFedEx’s new autonomous delivery bot has iBot wheelchair DNA
FedEx is a courier delivery and logistics company; and in 2019, that means it must also have an autonomous delivery bot. The delivery services company, known for its overnight shipping, unveiled Wednesday an autonomous delivery device called SameDayBot. The bot, which will be tested this summer in select markets including FedEx’s hometown Memphis, is being […]
View More FedEx’s new autonomous delivery bot has iBot wheelchair DNAPeloton peddles toward an IPO, self-driving is big business and SaaS’s new highs
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a treat. We had TechCrunch’s own Connie Loizos in the studio along with your humble servant and General Catalyst’s Niko Bonatsos. A fine group for a busy week. We had to pare our topic list […]
View More Peloton peddles toward an IPO, self-driving is big business and SaaS’s new highsAsian food delivery startup Chowbus raises $4M
Greycroft Partners and FJ Labs have led the round, with participation from Hyde Park Angels and Fika Ventures.
View More Asian food delivery startup Chowbus raises $4MPostmates brings on two new execs from Pinterest
Postmates has made two new hires, both of which hail from Pinterest, in the form of Eric Edge and Andreas Lieber. Edge joins Postmates as the SVP of Brand & Communications while Lieber joins as SVP of business development and corporate development. Both come to Postmates from Pinterest where they served as Head of Global […]
View More Postmates brings on two new execs from PinterestStartups Weekly: Will Trump ruin the unicorn IPOs of our dreams?
We explore the government shutdown’s connection to tech IPOs, recount the demise of a well-funded AR project and introduce readers to an AI-enabled self-checkout shopping cart in this week’s startups weekly.
View More Startups Weekly: Will Trump ruin the unicorn IPOs of our dreams?Postmates lines up another $100M ahead of IPO
Postmates has landed a $100M investment to compete with SoftBank-backed competitor DooDash ahead of an IPO expected later this year.
View More Postmates lines up another $100M ahead of IPOIn emerging markets there are no copycats, just budding entrepreneurs
Every year I teach an MBA course at Stanford about the exciting opportunities for tech investors and entrepreneurs in developing economies.
View More In emerging markets there are no copycats, just budding entrepreneursPostmates reveals its cute, automated delivery robot
Meet Serve.
Serve is Postmates’ new automated delivery robot, developed to help make the company’s on-demand deliveries more efficient.
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Robot couriers scoop up early-stage cash
Much of the last couple of decades of innovation has centered around finding ways to get what we want without leaving the sofa. But there’s a catch: We can’t lie around ordering pizzas if someone still has to deliver them.
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