Deliv, a Palo Alto, California-based provider of a same-day delivery service, closed a $6.85m Series A funding.
Backers included Upfront Ventures, RPM Ventures and others. Read Mark Suster’s post on the investment here.
The company intends to use the funds to scale operations and accelerate its expansion.
Led by Daphne Carmeli, founder and CEO, Deliv leverages crowdsourced delivery personnel and a technology platform (which incorporates smart routing and full transparency including the ability for shoppers to watch their delivery on a map real time from pickup to home) to provide same-day delivery at affordable prices.
The company has also partnered with General Growth Properties (GGP), a U.S. large shopping mall operator, to offer same-day delivery service for consumers to all GGP retailers nationwide.
Deliv is also backed by Silicon Valley investors including Redpoint Ventures, Trinity Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, PivotNorth Capital and The Operator’s Fund.
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19/09/2013