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PedidosYa
PedidosYa is a Uruguayan multinational company for online food ordering and quick commerce, headquartered in Montevideo. Founded in 2009 and merged with Delivery Hero, as of 2025 the company operates in fifteen Latin American countries.
PedidosYa was founded in 2009 by Ariel Burschtin, Álvaro García, and Ruben Sosenke, who were then students at Universidad ORT Uruguay. They had presented the idea of a website to easily order chivitos as part of a university project in 2008, aiming to bring together available food providers and segment them by location and type of cuisine.
After presenting the project to the National Agency for Research and Innovation of Uruguay, which awarded them a US$20,000 subsidy, the first prototype of the online platform was launched in 2009 in Uruguay, featuring 40 restaurants. Additionally, the National Development Agency, through the Fondo Emprender, provided an initial capital of US$50,000. PedidosYa was conceived as a platform that allowed consumers to place orders online —via smartphones or computers— from restaurants offering home delivery services.
In 2011, PedidosYa launched its mobile app for iOS and Android. The company also secured investments from the London-based venture capital firm Atomico and Kaszek. That year marked the beginning of its international expansion, starting with operations in Argentina and Chile.
In 2014, PedidosYa was majority-acquired by Delivery Hero, a global online food ordering service company with presence in 70 countries worldwide.
In 2016 it began to allow online payments. In June 2017, it was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a value of US$ 5,140 million.
The company continued its expansion into Bolivia in 2018, the Dominican Republic, and Paraguay in 2019; and Venezuela in 2020.
In 2019, PedidosYa reached a valuation of $1 billion (unicorn) based on its sales multiples and participation within the DH group. In 2020, PedidosYa acquired Glovo's operations in Latin America.
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PedidosYa
PedidosYa is a Uruguayan multinational company for online food ordering and quick commerce, headquartered in Montevideo. Founded in 2009 and merged with Delivery Hero, as of 2025 the company operates in fifteen Latin American countries.
PedidosYa was founded in 2009 by Ariel Burschtin, Álvaro García, and Ruben Sosenke, who were then students at Universidad ORT Uruguay. They had presented the idea of a website to easily order chivitos as part of a university project in 2008, aiming to bring together available food providers and segment them by location and type of cuisine.
After presenting the project to the National Agency for Research and Innovation of Uruguay, which awarded them a US$20,000 subsidy, the first prototype of the online platform was launched in 2009 in Uruguay, featuring 40 restaurants. Additionally, the National Development Agency, through the Fondo Emprender, provided an initial capital of US$50,000. PedidosYa was conceived as a platform that allowed consumers to place orders online —via smartphones or computers— from restaurants offering home delivery services.
In 2011, PedidosYa launched its mobile app for iOS and Android. The company also secured investments from the London-based venture capital firm Atomico and Kaszek. That year marked the beginning of its international expansion, starting with operations in Argentina and Chile.
In 2014, PedidosYa was majority-acquired by Delivery Hero, a global online food ordering service company with presence in 70 countries worldwide.
In 2016 it began to allow online payments. In June 2017, it was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a value of US$ 5,140 million.
The company continued its expansion into Bolivia in 2018, the Dominican Republic, and Paraguay in 2019; and Venezuela in 2020.
In 2019, PedidosYa reached a valuation of $1 billion (unicorn) based on its sales multiples and participation within the DH group. In 2020, PedidosYa acquired Glovo's operations in Latin America.
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