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7-Eleven acquires majority stake in alcohol delivery startup Tipple
7-Eleven Group has acquired a majority stake in alcohol delivery startup Tipple. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Sydney crowdsourced courier startup Go People raises $3 million in funding
Sydney-founded crowdsourced courier startup Go People, born in 2014 as People Post, has raised $3 million in funding as it looks to grow further in the increasingly-crowded delivery startup space.
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Airtasker launches 12 month grocery delivery trial with Coles
Fresh off raising $33 million Series C round in October, Airtasker is gearing up for a busy Christmas period, today announcing a partnership with Coles to trial a delivery service across 64 Sydney stores.
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Alcohol delivery startup Tipple aims to diversify its service by leveraging data
Alcohol delivery service Tipple is looking to leverage data to boost its offering to customers, while also creating an additional revenue stream.
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Melbourne startup Passel is a crowdsourced delivery service for online retailers
Passel is a crowdsourced delivery service using regular people already near the local store to complete the final mile delivery.
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Feedmee is an AI-based food discovery app donating to charity with each meal purchased
Feedmee is a social enterprise restaurant discovery and booking platform which donates a portion of each booking referral fee to charity.
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Online platform HelloCars is selling and delivering used cars across Australia
HelloCars is offering an online car marketplace focused on selling quality used cars that are delivered to a buyer’s door anywhere in Australia.
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Domino’s announces new AI assistant and plans to expand its Autonomous Delivery fleet
Domino’s has announced the launch of an AI assistant that will be plugged into the brand’s site and mobile app to allow customers to order food using voice.
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Delivery startup Go People joins competitive logistics space with $2 million raise
Crowdsourced delivery startup Go People has announced a raise of over $2 million in the last three months. The startup formerly known as People Post has rebranded and revamped its technology platform to offer yet another service in the competitive logistics space.
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End-to-end ecommerce platform Neto partners with Sendle for integrated delivery
With providers looking for any edge in the commerce space, end-to-end platform Neto has partnered with delivery startup Sendle, integrating Sendle as the default delivery provider for Australian stores set up through Neto.
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Delivery startup Sherpa builds last mile tracking marketplace with new platform Sherpa Fleet
To create a world first marketplace for last mile tracking, Sherpa has recently launched a new platform called Sherpa Fleet. The platform is a management service for a company’s existing fleet, but also has the capacity for third parties to tap into that fleet.
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Deliveroo unveils new branding as it announces Perth as 100th global market
Global restaurant delivery startup Deliveroo has announced its expansion into Perth, its 100th city, and unveiled new branding.
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Peer-to-peer home cooking platform FoodByUs launches in Sydney with $2 million in funding
Launching today with $2 million in funding is FoodByUs, a Sydney startup founded by former Menulog managing director Gary Munitz, Tim Chandler, former lead engineer at Menulog, and Ben Lipschitz, former managing director of footwear brand Flipsters, looking to connect passionate home cooks with consumers.
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Domino’s partners with Australian drone startup Flirtey to launch world’s first ever commercial drone pizza delivery service
Domino’s has today announced a partnership with Australian drone startup Flirtey to launch the world’s first ever drone delivery service in New Zealand. The partnership aims to connect people with pizza via CAA-approved trial store-to-door drone deliveries.
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Australian drone startup Flirtey delivers its first 7-Eleven slurpee to US customer
Australian founded drone startup Flirtey has delivered its first 7-Eleven slurpee to a US customer in celebration of the stores 89th birthday. The home delivery service was the first fully autonomous drone delivery to a customer’s residence in the US, which represents a historic milestone for both US drone delivery and global commerce.
