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Gorillas

E-Commerce · Berlin, DE

German rapid grocery delivery startup.

Founders

Kagan Sumer (Turkey · ♂) — An Istanbul-raised entrepreneur (ex-Bain and Rocket Internet, earlier founder of dry-cleaning startup Kuru) who personally bike-delivered test orders, Sumer founded Gorillas in Berlin in 2020 to pioneer ultra-fast quick-commerce grocery delivery.
Jorg Kattner (Germany · ♂) — An operator who helped build Rocket Internet's Jumia and held senior roles including COO at HelloFresh, Kattner co-founded Gorillas in 2020, bringing food-logistics and scaling expertise to quick-commerce.
Ronny Shibley
Antoan Simic

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Dec 2022	Acquired by Getir Turkish quick-commerce company Getir acquired German rapid-grocery rival Gorillas for $1.2B; the combined entity was valued at about $10B.	$1.2B
Apr 2022	Growth Berlin grocery-delivery startup Gorillas received an undisclosed strategic stake investment from Mississippi Ventures, the fund of the Dutch Jumbo Van Eerd family.	—
Oct 2021	Series C Berlin grocery-delivery startup Gorillas raised close to USD 1B in Series C led by Delivery Hero.	$858.4M
Sep 2021	Funding round Gorillas, the Berlin rapid grocery-delivery platform, was reported raising $1B (including $200M from Delivery Hero) at a $3B valuation.	$1B
Mar 2021	Series B Berlin instant-grocery startup Gorillas raised a $290M Series B led by Coatue Management, DST Global and Tencent, becoming Europe's fastest unicorn.	$290M

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Gorillas has acquired Frichti.

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