Analysis

May 1, 2024

What’s left of Europe’s speedy grocery sector?

Turkish startup Getir is leaving Germany and the UK — which speedy grocery companies are left operating in Europe, and can they succeed?


Tim Smith

6 min read

In busy times, a driver can make about four deliveries and receives a 50p bonus for each. Credit: Katja Staple

On Monday the Turkish speedy grocery company Getir made an announcement that many people had seen coming. After raising more than $2bn in funding from heavyweight investors like Tiger Global, Mubadala and Sequoia, reaching a near $12bn valuation, and acquiring numerous other European startups including UK-based Weezy, Spain-based Blok and finally — and most dramatically — once-$2.1bn-valued, Berlin-founded Gorillas, the company is exiting the US, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK entirely.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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