GrubhubGrubhub Inc. (stylized in all caps) is an American online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platform based in Chicago, Illinois. As of 2019, it had 19.9 million active users, with 115,000 associated restaurants in 3,200 cities in all 50 US states. Grubhub Seamless went public in 2014 and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol GRUB.
Uber EatsUber Eats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by the ride-hailing company Uber in August 2014. It is one of the largest global food delivery services, competing with companies such as DoorDash, Grubhub, Deliveroo and Just Eat Takeaway.com. In December 2020, Uber acquired the U.S.-based food delivery service Postmates for $2.65 billion, integrating its operations into the Uber Eats platform.
DeliverooRoofoods Ltd, trading asDeliveroo, is a British multinational online food delivery company owned by DoorDash since its takeover in October 2025. Based in London, it worked with around 182,000 restaurants, grocers, and retailers as of August of the previous year. The firm also provides delivery and technology for on-demand grocery to major UK retailers.
WoltWolt Enterprises Oy, trading asWolt, is a Finnish food delivery company known for its delivery platform for food and merchandise. On Wolt's apps (iOS and Android) or website, customers can order food and household goods from the platform's restaurant and merchant partners, and either pick up their order or have it delivered by the platform's courier partners. Wolt also runs its own chain of grocery stores called Wolt Market. Wolt is headquartered in Helsinki.
Y CombinatorY Combinator, LLC (YC) is an American technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm launched in March 2005 which has been used to launch more than 5,000 companies. The accelerator program started in Boston and Mountain View, relocated to San Francisco in 2019, and was entirely online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Food deliveryFood delivery is a courier service in which a restaurant, store, or independent food-delivery company delivers food to a customer. An order is typically made either by telephone, through the supplier's website or mobile app, or through a third party food ordering service. The delivered items can include entrees, sides, drinks, desserts, or grocery items and are typically delivered in boxes or bags.
Online food orderingOnline food ordering is the process of ordering food, for delivery or self-pickup, from a website or other application. The product can be either ready-to-eat food (e.g., direct from a home-kitchen, restaurant, or a virtual restaurant) or food that has not been specially prepared for direct consumption (e.g., vegetables direct from a farm/garden, fruits, frozen meats. etc).
Tony XuTony Xu (Chinese: 徐迅; pinyin: Xú Xùn; born Xu Xun, 1983/1984) is a Chinese-born American billionaire businessman and the co-founder and CEO of DoorDash. Xu was born in Nanjing, China, and immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of four. He earned degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Early in his career, Xu interned at Square, Inc., and worked for McKinsey & Company, eBay, and PayPal.
Andy FangAndy Fang (born 1992) is an American billionaire Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the food delivery company DoorDash. As of December 2025, Forbes Australia estimated his net worth at $1.8 billion. Early life and educationFang was born in San Jose, California, one of four children in a Taiwanese American family. His parents were immigrants from Taiwan. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he excelled academically at the Harker School, graduating in 2010.Stanley TangStanley Wei Rui Tang (simplified Chinese: 汤玮锐; traditional Chinese: 湯瑋銳; pinyin: Tāng Wěi Ruì, born 1992) is a Hong Kong-American billionaire tech entrepreneur. He is best known as the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at DoorDash, which he started along with Tony Xu, Andy Fang and Evan Moore in 2013. DoorDash had its IPO in December 2020, making Tang's net worth an estimated $2.2 billion at the time.
Market shareMarket share is the percentage of the total revenue or sales in a market that a company's business makes up. For example, if there are 50,000 units sold per year in a given industry, a company whose sales were 5,000 of those units would have a 10 percent share in that market.
Fortune 500The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United Statescorporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along with privately held companies for which revenues are publicly available. The concept of the Fortune 500 was created by Edgar P. Smith, a Fortune editor, and the first list was published in 1955.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.