Delivery Hero - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Delivery Hero M&A Summary

Delivery Hero has acquired 17 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 8 assets.

Delivery Hero’s largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired Woowa Brothers for $4.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2024, when it sold foodpanda to Uber Technologies for $950M. Delivery Hero has acquired in 12 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (95%) and transportation (6%).

Delivery Hero Business Overview

Where is Delivery Hero headquartered?

Delivery Hero is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

What is Delivery Hero’s revenue?

Delivery Hero disclosed revenue of 9,942M EUR for 2023 and 8,577M EUR for 2022.

How many employees does Delivery Hero have?

Delivery Hero has 44,612 employees.

What sector is Delivery Hero in?

Delivery Hero is an internet software and services company.

When was Delivery Hero founded?

Delivery Hero was founded in 2011.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity25
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 12
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 3

Delivery Hero

Delivery Hero SE

Oranienburger Strasse 70,
Berlin, 10117
Germany,
+49 30 5444 59 000
www.deliveryhero.com

Delivery Hero is a worldwide network of online food ordering sites with 10s of thousands of restaurants connected to its service across 5 continents. Delivery Hero was founded in 2011 and is based in Berlin, Germany.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 15 2 - - - - 17
vol $4.6B $619M $5.2B
Sell (0.6/yr) # 5 1 1 - - 1 8
vol $308M $950M $1.3B
  25

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
foodpanda GmbH 2024-05-13 950M USD Divestiture
Berlin, Germany · www.foodpanda.com
Delivery Hero Korea LLC 2021-10-29 - Divestiture
Seoul, South Korea · www.yogiyo.co.kr
Glovo - Latin America Operations 2020-09-16 259M EUR Divestiture
, Argentina
InstaShop Ltd. 2020-08-27 360M USD Add-on Acquisition
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · www.instashop.com
Foodora, Inc. 2020-05-14 - Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.foodora.ca
Woowa Brothers Corp. 2019-12-12 4.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Seoul, South Korea · www.woowahan.com
pizza.de GmbH 2018-12-21 - Divestiture
Braunschweig, Germany · www.pizza.de
Lieferheld GmbH 2018-12-21 - Divestiture
Berlin, Germany · www.lieferheld.de
Foodora GmbH 2018-12-21 - Divestiture
Munich, Germany · www.foodora.de
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. 2018-12-21 - Stake Purchase
Amsterdam, Netherlands · www.justeattakeaway.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 16 (94%) 5.2B (100%) 8 (100%) 1.3B (100%)
Transportation 1 (6%) - - -
Total 17 $5.2B 8 $1.3B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Germany 5 - 4 950M
South Korea 2 4.0B 1 -
United Kingdom 1 - 1 308M
Argentina 1 259M - -
Australia 1 - - -
Brazil 1 - - -
Canada - - 1 -
  Ontario - - 1 -
Kuwait 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Switzerland - - 1 -
Turkey 1 589M - -
United Arab Emirates 1 360M - -
Uruguay 1 - - -
Domestic 5 (29%) - 4 (50%) 950M (76%)
Cross-border 12 (71%) 5.2B (100%) 4 (50%) 308M (24%)
Total 17 $5.2B 8 $1.3B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
1
Legal Deals
Sullivan & Cromwell
1
Stibbe
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $4.0B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.2B
TOTAL $5.2B
Largest Woowa Brothers Corp.
$4.0B (2019-12-12)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $1.3B
TOTAL $1.3B
Largest foodpanda GmbH
$950M (2024-05-13)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
6%
1 (6%)
Strategic(s)
18%
3 (18%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Strategic(s)
100%
8 (100%)

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