About
Postmates is an on-demand logistics provider. With more than 65,000 active Postmates, the company operates the largest on-demand delivery fleet in 44 major US metropolitan markets. Postmates' overall mission is to power local, on-demand logistics focused on fast deliveries from any type of merchant at scale. With collaborations with Starbucks, Chipotle, 7-Eleven, Walgreens and Apple, Postmates is in line with that mission.
The company was founded in 2011 by Bastian Lehmann, Sean Plaice, and Sam Street. The company has raised $278M to date from investors including Tiger Global Management, Slow Ventures, Spark Capital, Founders Fund, Matrix Partners, Scott Banister, Naval Ravikant, Russell Simmons, Thomas Korte, Shervin Pishevar, Kevin Durant and David Sacks.
