The Delivery Hero network was founded in October 2010. Since then Delivery Hero has been continuously transforming the way people order food online. In essence, our vision is to bring better food to the people! Choice, convenience, reliability and quality are the key benefits for our customers. They can easily find their favorite dish through thousands of online menu cards. Orders as well as payments can conveniently be placed online and restaurants are peer-reviewed. Only a few clicks are required and delicious food is on its way to our customers.
The founders of Delivery Hero have been building international Internet companies for more than a decade. Our team is experienced, skilled, and motivated to bring innovative concepts to the food delivery industry. Check out our Team for further information about us.
Delivery Hero and its headquarters are based in Berlin, the start-up capital of Europe. The business is backed by Ru-Net, Kite Ventures, Tengelmann Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Point Nine Capital and Team Europe. In the first 24 months, we raised more than $100 M to fulfill our vision of bringing better food to the people!
The company history stretches back to 2008 when Niklas Östberg, as a full time chairman, built the leading food delivery site in Sweden. His initial vision of the business was to build a service that would simplify people’s life by enabling a quicker and more convenient way to order food. He then extended internationally to Finland, Austria and Poland.
In late 2010, Team Europe together with Nikita Fahrenholz, Doreen Huber, Claude Ritter and Fabian Siegel decided to develop the concept to the German market under the name of Lieferheld (Lieferheld.de) and got the license to use the technology and know-how from the original Swedish company.
After a successful market entry into the competitive German market, Niklas Östberg, Markus Fuhrmann and Team Europe decided to launch the business model internationally under the name of Delivery Hero. The company has since then expanded the concept organically and through acquisitions into 12 international markets, and is today one of the largest global platforms for online food ordering with 30,000+ local restaurants in its network. You can find an overview about our markets here.
What initially was a small vision narrowed to the Swedish market has today expanded into a global vision to provide a platform of choice, convenience, reliability and quality. Or, in essence, a global place where its users can get an outstanding takeaway food experience.
Our motto? Better food to the people!