Burpy is a same-day grocery delivery service that deploys a crowdsourced shopper to preferred local retailers to source the items our customers want. Our mobile and web apps are simple and intuitive, but powerfully accurate at connecting customers to the right products. In our system of proxy shopping, the customer can communicate with the shopper as frequently or be as hands-off as they like. We are creating an intelligent personal shopping experience, in which recommendations and painless reordering flow into delivery by Burpy Personal Shoppers the customer comes to know and trust.
Location: United States, Texas, Austin
Employees: 1-10
Phone: +1 866-925-1338
Founded date: 2012
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 11
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| 22.03.2021 | The a16z Marketplace 100: 2021 | Last February, we introduced the a16z Marketplace 100, a ranking of the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies. The series was a hit, spurring debate about the evolution of marketplaces and promising new consumer... |
| 01.04.2015 | Burpy Cars, Lake Travis Iceberg, Google Fiber Dial Up and iHarpRadio and More April Fools’ Jokes | Got a hankering for a new Mercedes Benz and some Cheetos? |
| 16.10.2014 | Six Startups Demo Their Ventures at InnoTech Austin | By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News |
| 04.10.2014 | Innotech Austin’s Beta Summit is Back | Innotech Austin, the largest information technology conference in Austin, will hold its Beta Summit to showcase six of the area’s hottest startups. To attend, you must register, but you can use the discount code “JULY.” |
| 04.09.2014 | Meet the 11 ambitious startups from TechStars Austin’s 2014 demo day (roundup) | Now in its second year, TechStars Austin’s accelerator program definitely managed to top itself with the latest batch of graduating startups presenting at yesterday’s demo day event. This year’s crop included companies focused on homemade b... |
| 04.09.2014 | 11 Startups Pitch at Techstars Demo Day in Austin | By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News |
| 10.06.2014 | Techstars Austin Unveils its Second Class | A Longhorn Startup company, Burpy, is among the latest crop of Techstars Austin companies selected to participate in its three month long accelerator. |
| 25.04.2014 | Eleven Startups Launch Out of UT’s Longhorn Startup Lab | By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News |
| 22.03.2014 | Austin-based Startup Burpy Delivers | By AMY MCCULLOUGH Reporter with Silicon Hills News |
| 27.10.2013 | Mark Cuban and Cotter Cunningham to Speak at Longhorn Startup Lab | Longhorn Startup Lab started out two years ago as a way to jump start undergraduate entrepreneurs at the University of Texas at Austin. The program run by Bob Metcalfe, UT professor of innovation, and Joshua Baer, serial entrepreneur and co... |
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