Gorillas
Grocery DeliveryGermanyClosed 2022
Total Raised
$1.30B
Peak Valuation
$3B
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2022
Business model
10-minute grocery delivery via a network of dark stores in dense urban neighborhoods.
In brief
One of the fastest-growing startups in European history, expanding across dozens of cities on the promise of 10-minute grocery delivery. The category-wide "quick commerce" business model proved deeply unprofitable at scale — high labor and dark-store costs against thin grocery ma…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2020
- Closed
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germany
- Industry
- Grocery Delivery
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Kagan Sumer
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Often compared with: Instacart, DoorDash.