DoorDash
#179
Rank
$110.25B
Marketcap
United States
Country
Andy Fang (Co-Founder & CTO)
Stanley Tang (Co-Founder / Chief Product Officer)
Summary
DoorDash is a food delivery platform that connects customers with local and national business.Doordash provides restaurant food delivery services connecting customers with local businesses. The company is passionate about transforming local businesses and dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. By building the last-mile delivery infrastructure for local cities Doordash is bringing communities closer. It connectscustomers with their favorite local and national restaurantsAndy Fang, Evan Moore, Stanley Tang, and Tony Xu launched the company as PaloAltoDelivery.com in 2013, which became DoorDash, Inc. in October 2014. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
History
2013: January 12th 2013, Palo Alto Delivery was born. In early 2013, the YCombinator program dished out $120 000 as seed capital, and the company changed its name to the much more appealing DoorDash.
2014: In 2014, it allowed cyclists to deliver, which opened the door for more people to work as Dashers while also improving last-mile services.
2015: Plus, they reminded the world that 2015 was not a kind year for investments, as many startups struggled to reach their funding goals.
2018: In March 2018, Softbank dished out $535 million to propel DoorDash to new heights.
Mission
We look to 2021, we are more energized than ever by our core mission and to redouble our commitment to empowering local economies and supporting the businesses that are vital to our communities.
Vision
Our vision - which will take decades to realize - is to build a last-mile logistics platform, create a set of services to grow a merchant s sales, and produce a membership program that connects consumers to the merchants that sustain them.
Key Team
Sarah Collins Wagener (CPO)
Jeffrey Housenbold (Board Member)
Greg Peters (Board Member)
Stanley Meresman (Board Member)
Shona Brown (Board Member)
Jeremy Kranz (Board Member)
L. John Doerr (Board Member)
Alfred Lin (Board Member)
Andy Fang (Co-Founder & CTO)
Tony Xu (CEO & Co-Founder)
Evan Moore (Founder)
Christopher Payne (Chief Operating Officer; President)
Christopher Payne (Chief Operating Officer; President)
Stanley Tang (Co-Founder / Chief Product Officer)
Andy Fang (Co-Founder & CTO)
Tony Xu (CEO & Co-Founder)
L. John Doerr (Board Member)
Alfred Lin (Board Member)
Prabir Adarkar (Chief Financial Officer)
Keith Yandell (Chief Business and Legal Officer, Executive)
Evan Moore (Founder)
Sarah Collins Wagener (CPO)
Recognition and Awards
References
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Andy Fang (Co-Founder & CTO)
Stanley Tang (Co-Founder / Chief Product Officer)