Amazon, Gopuff Are Said to Explore Deal for Germany’s Flink

Flink rebuffed a bid from SoftBank-backed delivery app Gopuff
Flink, which delivers groceries, raised $240 million last week

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By Ivan Levingston, Giles Turner, and Spencer Soper

June 8, 2021 at 8:54 PM UTC

Updated on

June 9, 2021 at 10:03 AM UTC

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Amazon.com Inc. and Gopuff, a U.S. delivery app backed by SoftBank, explored competing takeover bids for the German startup Flink SE, people familiar with the matter said.

Gopuff’s offer for the grocery delivery business was rebuffed, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions were private. The failed bid, however, indicates ambitions for the richly funded startup to expand abroad.