Postmates

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Postmates Inc.
Private
Industry Logistics
Founded May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)
Founder Sam Street, Sean Plaice, and Bastian Lehmann
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Area served
 Select U.S. cities
Services Goods delivery
Slogan Everyone's Favorite Delivery Service
Website postmates.com

Postmates is a logistics company which operates a network of couriers who deliver goods locally. Postmates is closely compared to Uber because of its use of mobile phones to receive orders and dispatch delivery drivers.[1] As of December 2014, Postmates operates in 18 U.S. cities.[1] As of October 2015 their website lists more than 100 metropolitan areas.

The service is part of a category of businesses that rely on mobile phone applications and their Global Positioning System capabilities to quickly match inventories and consumer demand.[2] Postmates co-founder Bastian Lehmann calls the company anti-Amazon, saying "Amazon comes along and builds a warehouse outside a city. We like to say the city's our warehouse. We try to understand the inventory available, hacking the city, and having a fleet of delivery people that distribute these inventories."[2]

History

Postmates was founded in 2011 by Sam Street, Sean Plaice, and Bastian Lehmann and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.[3]

In December 2014, Postmates opened its application programming interface to merchants to allow small businesses to compete for speedy delivery of consumer goods with larger companies such as Amazon.[1][4][5][6] It is currently being tested with Starbucks,[7] McDonald's,[8] Chipotle,[9] 7-Eleven,[10] the Apple Store,[11] Walgreens,[12] and Curbside.[13] The company announced in December 2014 that it had completed its millionth delivery and that it had over 6,000 drivers in its network.[14]

In June 2015, Postmates announced that they had surpassed 2.5 million deliveries across 28 markets and expanded their fleet to 13,000 couriers. [15]

In September 2015, Postmates unveiled a revamped version of its app, dubbed Postmates 3.0, which features category discovery, delivery tracking, gifting and estimated delivery times.[16]

Funding

Postmates started getting outside funding before launch with 60k in seed funding from AngelPad. They later went on to receive 1.95 million in angel funding.

In March 2013, the company raised $11 million in series A funding, led by Founders Fund.

In February 2014, the company raised $16 million in series B funding, led by Spark Capital.

In February 2015, the company raised $35 million in series C funding, led by Harmony Partners and Spark Capital.

In June 2015, the company raised $80 million in series D funding from Tiger Global Management, Slow Ventures, and Spark Capital[17]

Area Served

Arizona

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  • Mesa
  • Phoenix
  • Scottsdale
  • Tempe
  • Tucson
  • Chandler
  • Gilbert

California

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  • Alameda
  • Berkeley
  • Beverly Hills
  • Burbank
  • Burlingame
  • Costa Mesa
  • Culver City
  • Cupertino
  • Emeryville
  • Huntington Beach
  • Irvine
  • Laguna Beach
  • Long Beach
  • Los Altos
  • Los Angeles
  • Menlo Park
  • Millbrae
  • Mountain View
  • Newport Beach
  • Oakland
  • Palm Springs
  • Palo Alto
  • Redwood City
  • Sacramento
  • San Bruno
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco
  • San Jose
  • San Mateo
  • Santa Ana
  • Santa Clara
  • Santa Monica
  • Sunnyvale
  • Tustin
  • West Hollywood

Colorado

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  • Denver
  • Glendale

District of Columbia

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  • Arlington
  • Bethesda
  • Washington

Florida

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  • Coral Gables
  • Miami
  • Miami Beach

Georgia

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  • Atlanta
  • Decatur

Illinois

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  • Chicago
  • Evanston
  • Skokie
  • Wilmette
  • Winnetka

Maryland

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  • Baltimore

Massachusetts

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  • Boston
  • Cambridge
  • Somerville

Minnesota

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  • Minneapolis
  • Edina
  • Saint Paul

Missouri

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  • Saint Louis
  • Kansas City

Nevada

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  • Henderson
  • Las Vegas
  • Summerlin
  • North Las Vegas

New York

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  • Brooklyn
  • Manhattan
  • Queens

North Carolina

  • Charlotte
  • Raleigh

Ohio

  • Columbus

Oregon

  • Portland

Pennsylvania

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  • Philadelphia
  • Pittsburgh

Tennessee

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  • Nashville
  • Belle Meade
  • Forest Hills
  • Oak Hill

Texas

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  • Austin
  • Dallas
  • Houston
  • San Antonio
  • West Lake Hills

Virginia

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  • Virginia Beach
  • Arlington
  • Norfolk

Washington

  • Seattle

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  17. ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/06/25/postmates-raises-80-million-in-push-toward-1-deliveries/

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