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An online food delivery marketplace connecting consumers with local restaurants, grocery, and retail stores across 17 countries.
Just Eat Takeaway.com has raised $146.1M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Just Eat Takeaway.com has raised $146.1M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Just Eat Takeaway.com, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, operates a leading global online food delivery marketplace connecting consumers with local restaurants, grocery, and retail stores. The platform facilitates orders for 356,000 partners across 17 countries, having expanded significantly since its origins as Thuisbezorgd.nl. Known for its 2020 merger with Just Eat, the company is set to be acquired by Prosus in 2025. This acquisition led to the announced resignation of founder and former CEO Jitse Groen, who will be succeeded by Roberto Gandolfo, previously of Prosus/iFood, effective January 1, 2026, with Fabricio Bloisi joining as Supervisory Board Chair. The organization was founded in 2000 by Jitse Groen. Its business model centers on commission-based marketplace connecting consumers and partners, went public via IPO on Euronext Amsterdam in 2016.
Just Eat Takeaway.com has raised $146.1M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Just Eat Takeaway.com's investors include Michael Risman, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, 83North, March Capital, Laurel Bowden, Venrex.
Key people at Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Just Eat Takeaway.com has raised $146.1M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $64.0M Just Eat - Series C in April 2012.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2012 | $64M Series C | Michael Risman | Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, 83North, March Capital, Redpoint Ventures | Announced |
| Mar 16, 2011 | $48M Series B | Laurel Bowden, Redpoint Ventures | Index Ventures, 83North, March Capital, Redpoint Ventures | Announced |
| Jul 14, 2009 | $17.1M Venture Round | Index Ventures | Venrex | Announced |
| Jul 1, 2009 | $17M Series A | — | Index Ventures | Announced |
Just Eat Takeaway.com is a leading online food ordering and delivery platform that connects consumers with restaurants and partners across multiple countries. Originally founded as Takeaway.com in 2000 by Jitse Groen in the Netherlands, it merged with Just Eat in 2020 to form a global powerhouse, operating in 16 countries with 356,000 partners, 61 million active consumers, and €19 billion in gross transaction value from 653 million orders.[1][3] The company serves hungry customers seeking convenient meals, groceries, and retail items via apps and websites, solving the problem of fragmented local food access by aggregating restaurant inventories and optimizing deliveries with algorithms for speed and personalization.[2][3] Despite growth challenges and competition, it pursued profitability through 2023 restructurings, reporting €150 million adjusted EBITDA in 2022, before its acquisition by Prosus in October 2025, delisting it from public exchanges.[1][2]
Just Eat Takeaway.com traces its roots to 2000, when Dutch student Jitse Groen founded Thuisbezorgd.nl (later Takeaway.com) after struggling to order food online from local restaurants in Amsterdam.[1][3] Initially envisioning broader consumer goods delivery, Groen pivoted to food due to high demand; he bootstrapped with student loans amid slow growth until broadband adoption in 2003 fueled expansion, prompting him to drop studies.[1] Co-founder Ruben Eilander departed in 2002 over pace, but the company went public in 2016, raising €328 million at a €993 million valuation, and briefly entered then exited the UK market.[1]
The modern entity emerged in January 2020 from the merger of Takeaway.com and Denmark's Just Eat (founded 2001), cleared by UK regulators in April 2020, valuing Just Eat at £6.2 billion and creating one of the world's largest platforms with synergies in Europe and beyond.[1][2][3] By late 2025, after Prosus's acquisition, founder Groen announced his CEO exit, succeeded by iFood's Roberto Gandolfo.[1]
Just Eat Takeaway.com rides the explosive on-demand delivery trend, fueled by smartphone penetration, urbanization, and post-pandemic shifts to contactless convenience, expanding from food to groceries and retail in a market projected for continued consolidation.[2][3] Timing was ideal: early 2000s broadband enabled Takeaway.com's rise, while 2020 merger capitalized on sector M&A amid DoorDash/Uber Eats dominance, creating European scale against US giants.[1][2] Favorable forces include rising consumer spending on apps (61m active users) and logistics tech, though competition and profitability pressures persist.[2][3] It influences the ecosystem by powering local brands, fostering partner growth, and driving standards in algorithm-optimized delivery, while its 2025 Prosus buyout signals investor bets on adjacent fintech/grocery plays.[1][3]
Under Prosus ownership since October 2025, Just Eat Takeaway.com shifts from public market pressures to private scaling, with new CEO Roberto Gandolfo likely prioritizing iFood-honed efficiencies in core markets and expansions into groceries/fintech.[1] Trends like AI personalization, drone/rapid delivery, and sustainable logistics will shape it, potentially boosting margins in a maturing sector. Its influence may evolve from aggressive acquirer to optimized consolidator, tying back to Groen's original vision of frictionless ordering—now supercharged by global capital for the next convenience era.[1][2]
