Flink (company)

Flink SE is a German on-demand delivery service that delivers everyday items directly to consumers from called "dark stores", hyper-local grocery warehouses not accessible to the public.

Flink SE
Type Societas Europaea (SE)
Founded2020
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Key people
Christoph Cordes
Number of employees
12,000 (2021)
Websitegoflink.com

Flink promises to deliver groceries "in 10 minutes".[1] Deliveries are made by Flink's employees on e-bikes, provided by the company.[2]

Flink is the largest third-party delivery service in Europe, having surpassed Gorillas in 2021. The company said in 2021 that it delivered to up to 10 million customers at over 140 locations in more than 60 cities in Europe.[3]

History

Flink was founded at the end of 2020 in Berlin by Christoph Cordes, Oliver Merkel and Julian Dames as a start-up. Flink has raised around 750 million US dollars in financing rounds, including from the investor group around DoorDash and from REWE. By the end of 2021, Flink was valued at US$2.1 billion.[4]

References
  1. "Groceries delivered in 10 minutes | Flink". 2022-04-15. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  2. "Lieferdienst Flink startet in Wiesbaden". www.fr.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  3. Kluge, Christoph (2021-12-10). "Berliner Lieferdienst Flink bekommt 750 Millionen Dollar von Investoren". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  4. Räth, Georg (2021-09-23). "2-Milliarden-Bewertung: Doordash hat in Flink investiert". Business Insider (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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