How Kağan Sümer Built Gorillas—Europe’s Speediest Unicorn
In just two years, the food delivery startup became one of the best funded businesses in the industry.
A worker fulfills orders at a Gorilla Technologies “dark store” in Shoreditch in London.
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From bread-baking to do-it-yourself home renovations, many people have adopted new activities and hobbies during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kağan Sümer is one of them—but he went and started a whole new company.
In just two years, Sümer’s rapid food delivery startup Gorillas blew up, becoming one of the best funded businesses in an industry that didn’t even exist before 2020. Join us for a fascinating look at the story behind Europe’s speediest unicorn—and the future of the rapid delivery business.