Deliv Inc. was a
Menlo Park-based
crowdshipping,
same-day delivery startup Deliv provided
last mile transportation services. Deliv was founded in 2012 by Daphne Carmeli, who also served as CEO of the company, and offered same-day service to mall shoppers.
Deliv raised $12.35 million in funding from the four largest mall operators in the U.S., as well as General Catalyst,
Redpoint Ventures
Redpoint Ventures is an American venture capital firm focused on investments in seed, early and growth-stage companies.
History
The firm was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with offices in San Francisco, Los Ange ...
, Trinity Ventures, Operators Fund and PivotNorth.
Deliv's drivers were required to undergo an extensive filtering process. In 2017, the company announced an expansion of its service to 33 markets and 1,400 cities, up from 19 markets previously.
In May 2020, Deliv announced it was shutting down
and
Target Corporation
Target Corporation ( doing business as Target and stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh largest retailer in the United States, and a com ...
announced plans to acquire Deliv's technology assets
with Carmeli and a number of Deliv engineers joining the retailer. Target had previously acquired delivery companies
Shipt and Grand Junction both in 2017.
See also
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Shipt: another delivery company acquired by Target Corporation
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Gig worker
Gig workers are independent contractors, online platform workers, contract firm workers, on-call workers, and temporary workers. Gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company's clients.
In ...
: Deliv employed workers as part of the "gig economy"
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Roadie (app)
Roadie Inc. is an American crowdsourced delivery platform for business and private same-day, urgent and scheduled delivery in the United States. The company was founded in 2014 and launched its web and mobile apps in January 2015. , it reported h ...
: Similar, still operating service in the US
References
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Companies based in Menlo Park, California
Logistics companies of the United States
2012 establishments in California
Transportation companies based in California