Abo babanjwa nabo baya esidlangalaleni ngokusemthethweni. Inkonzo yokuhanjiswa ilungiselela ukunikezelwa kwayo okokuqala kuluntu, I-TechCrunch ixelwe ngoLwesine , ecaphula imithombo eqhelekileyo.
Inkampani esekwe eSan Francisco ikwaqinisekisile ukuba inyuse isangqa sezigidi ezingama-225 zeedola, ikhokelwa yi-GPI Capital, inika inkampani indawo engalawulekiyo kwisiqalo. Ubulungisa obutsha buzisa amaxabiso kaPostmates ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2.4 yezigidigidi zeerandi, ibhampu encomekayo evela kwinani elalixeliwe ngaphambili le- $ 1.8 yezigidigidi ekuqaleni konyaka.
Kuluvuyo kuthi ukuba ne-GPI njengeqabane kwaye sikhokele lo mjikelo ngelixesha lonyaka obaluleke kangaka wooPostmate, umseki kunye ne-CEO uBastian Lehmann uxelele iForbes kwingxelo.
Inkampani yafaka i-IPO yayo ngoFebruwari, eyayibona ijoyina uluhlu olude lwee-unicorn zaseSilicon Valley ziya esidlangalaleni kwi-2019, kubandakanya i-Uber, iLyft kunye neSlack. Ngelixa iinyanga oko kwaqaliswa ukufaka uxwebhu lwayo lwe-S-1 kunye neKhomishini yoKhuseleko kunye noTshintshiselwano (i-SEC), abo babethunyelwe nabo khange bakhawuleze baye esidlangalaleni. Ngapha koko, bekukho namahemuhemu intengiso enokubakho kwenye inkampani ehlotyeni elidlulileyo.
Ukusukela ngoko, iqonga lokuhambisa ukutya belixakekile kukhupha izinto, ezinje ngokuhanjiswa kwe-bot okuzenzekelayo kunye nokukhethwa kwePati yokunceda abathengi ukugcina imali kwimirhumo. Ukunyanzelwa ukwenza imali kunye nokunciphisa iindleko zenkcitho kusenokwenzeka ukuba sisicwangciso-qhinga sokukhuphisana ne-UberEats ekhulayo kunye neDoorDash, ezibe zixakeke ngokulingeneyo zikhuphisana nesabelo sentengiso.
Ngemizamo yayo yokuzenzekelayo, uLehmann kutshanje uthe ukuba i-bot yokuhambisa, ebizwa ngokuba yi-Serve, ayilindelwanga ukuba ithathe indawo yamawaka eenqwelomoya abathembele kubo abo bahlala nabo. NgoJulayi, wachaza ukuba ukuhanjiswa kweerobhothi ecaleni kwendlela kuya kunceda, kuya kongeza, kuya kwenza izinto zinokwenzeka ezazingenakwenzeka ngaphambili.
Wongeze ukuba i-bots engenakuphepheka ilapha ukusinceda sizalisekise iphupha lokuba nesiseko esinokuhambisa iimpahla ekuhlaleni ngexabiso eliphantsi.
Isicwangciso esiliqili sokukhula koogxa babantakwabo sibeke kwindawo yesine phakathi kwamaqonga okuhambisa. I-IPO yenkampani ngoku kulindeleke ukuba yenzeke phambi kokuphela konyaka.