Founded in 2020, Zapp is London’s leading premium convenience delivery app, elevating the everyday lives of hundreds of thousands of Londoners. We leverage cutting-edge technology to anticipate customer needs – ensuring the most relevant products are always available, at the right location, at the right time. From daily essentials to luxury favourites and pharmacy needs, our hand-picked product range showcases global icons and beloved local brands, available for delivery to customers' doors in minutes, 24/7. We're on a long-term mission to bring technology to convenience retail, a $4 trillion global industry that remains largely offline. Our strategy is simple: build out the system in one of the world's largest megacities – London. We've witnessed significant demand (i.e. 'product-market fit') for on-demand convenience and have decided to focus on a large, profitable segment as we expand our system in the coming years: premium convenience. Catering to premium, high-demand customers forces us to constantly innovate and encourage the standards of excellence across the board. We're excited to expand Zapp over the coming years and decades as we build the ‘need it now’ supply chain of the future. Zapp is proud to be backed by some of the world's leading venture capital and growth equity investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Atomico, as well as some of the most iconic figures of our generation, including Sir Lewis Hamilton. Come and join our team of scale-up and exit experts from companies such as Amazon, Deliveroo, Selfridges and more.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 501-1000
Total raised: $300M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 7
Funding Rounds 2
Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
31.01.2022 | Series B | $200M | - |
30.03.2021 | Series A | $100M | Lightspeed... |
Mentions in press and media 21
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06.10.2023 | Sasha Astafyeva and Don Hoang exit Atomico amid new market reality | While Atomico is in the final stages of completing two new funds that are 30 percent larger than their predecessors, securing $1.1 billion of a projected $1.35 billion fund, Tech.eu has learned that as a consequence of the new market realit... |
30.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Eclipse scoops $40m for animal-free ice cream, Current Foods nets $18m | This week, Eclipse — best known for its animal-free ice creams — closed its Series B round, while another plant-based protein startup, Current Foods, raised capital for its vegan salmon analog. Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado scored big from a pu... |
26.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Stable raises $60m, Galley gets $14m, World Bank’s $30bn food crisis response | Multiple restaurant tech companies made headlines this week, from Galley Solutions’ sizeable Series A fundraise to TRAY’s multi-year deal with IHOP. Meanwhile, a carbon initiative in Africa nabbed its first tranche of funding to restore lan... |
26.05.2022 | Instant grocery delivery’s future looks murky as Getir, Gorillas & Zapp announce cuts | “Instant” grocery delivery is the latest sector to suffer from the current tech slowdown, with three European startups this week announcing layoffs and other cuts. All of these companies rose to prominence during (and arguably because of) t... |
17.03.2022 | Getir is now worth nearly $12 billion after raising another $768 million | Instant delivery startup Getir announced that it has closed a new $768 million Series E funding round. Following this deal, the company reached a valuation of $11.8 billion. Mubadala Investment Company is leading the round, with Abu Dhabi G... |
08.03.2022 | Tapestry VC weaves in over $30 million, adds $20 million for Amaranthine and forward investments | Although they technically call San Francisco home, with offices in London, Lisbon, and “all over the place”, it’s hard to see Tapestry VC truly as a US-based VC firm. Particularly when you look at a portfolio that includes investments in so... |
31.01.2022 | Zapp Raises $200M in Series B Funding | Zapp, a London, UK-based rapid grocery delivery startup, raised $200m in Series B funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, 468 Capital and BroadLight Capital with participation from Atomico, Burda and Vorwerk Ventures, and... |
28.01.2022 | Grocery Q-Commerce Grovy Marches into Several CEE Countries | German grocery quick commerce startup Grovy grows its presence in 4 CEE countries The company’s focus is sustainability: reducing food waste, using bicycles and EVs for delivery, and hiring all employees officially The startup launched in D... |
27.01.2022 | Zapp snaps up $200M to supersize its instant grocery play | Zapp, the instant grocery delivery startup that launched in 2020 in London, has picked up a substantial round of funding to go head-to-head with Getir, GoPuff, Jiffy, Deliveroo and the many others hungry for a share of the on-demand conveni... |
24.01.2022 | Gorillas to acquire Frichti in latest instant grocery consolidation | German startup Gorillas has announced that it plans to acquire Frichti, a French startup that delivers both ready-to-eat meals and groceries. The acquisition hasn’t closed just yet but both companies have entered exclusive discussions. “We ... |
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