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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

Related failures

Often compared with: Instacart, DoorDash.