06/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/16/2025 02:28
Berlin, June 16, 2025 - Delivery Hero, the world's leading local delivery company, today announces its new partnership with Allied for Startups (AFS), the global network advocating for start-up and scale-up friendly policy, to strengthen Europe's technology ecosystem.
As one of the leading 'founder factories' in Europe, Delivery Hero will support AFS to advocate for policy to create a more competitive and dynamic European tech landscape, ensuring that start-ups can scale up and become globally competitive. In times of global change, we need to drive European competitiveness, especially by ensuring access to funding and talent. Delivery Hero and AFS will work together to identify policy barriers and amplify the voices of entrepreneurs in EU decision-making.
Niklas Östberg, CEO of Delivery Hero, commented:
We are excited to support Allied for Startups as part of our commitment to shaping a growth-friendly regulatory environment in the EU! One thing is clear: Europe needs more successful scale-ups to spark the next generation of successful start-ups. At Delivery Hero, we're proud to be one of the leading 'founder factories' in Europe. Through our collaboration with AFS, we're working to spotlight the barriers for European innovation - to boost European companies' ability to compete on the global stage.
For more information, please see the full AFS press release here.
About Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero is the world's leading local delivery platform, operating its service in around 70 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The Company started as a food delivery service in 2011 and today runs its own delivery platform on four continents. Additionally, Delivery Hero is pioneering quick commerce, the next generation of e-commerce, aiming to bring groceries and household goods to customers in under one hour and often in 20 to 30 minutes. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. For more information, please visit https://www.deliveryhero.com.
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