OrderAhead

OrderAhead is an on-demand logistics company that enables people to order pickup and delivery take-out food from local merchants. OrderAhead is a Y Combinator Alum with a list of investors that include Adam D'Angelo (Founder of Quora, former CTO Facebook), Eric Schmidt (Chairman of Google, former CEO of Google), August Capital, Matrix Partners, and Menlo Ventures.[1][2]

OrderAhead was founded in August 2011 by Jeff Byun, Henry Lee, and James Butts; who resigned in September 2013.[3][4]

The OrderAhead app initially offered customers a way to preorder Philz Coffee.[5] Currently, OrderAhead operates in 5 major cities in the US and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Empson, Rip. "OrderAhead Nabs $2.3M From Adam D’Angelo, Matrix, Eric Schmidt For Ordering On The Go". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Tan, Garry. "OrderAhead (YC W11) nabs $2.3M seed for the fastest easiest way to order takeout". blog.ycombinator.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Butts, James. "Linkedin". linkedin.com. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Crunchbase". https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/orderahead. External link in |website= (help);
  5. ↑ Weir, David. "OrderAhead Makes It Easy To Order Takeout Food". 7x7.com. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  6. ↑ D'Orazio, Dante. "Forget delivery, OrderAhead hopes to be your one-stop takeout app for everything". The Verge. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

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