- Headquarters
- San Francisco
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2012
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- trycaviar.com
- Last Round
- SeedJan 2012
- Rounds
- 1
- Acquired by
- DoorDashAug 2014 · $90.0M
About
Caviar was a premium food delivery startup founded in 2012 by five UC Berkeley graduates — Shawn Tsao, Abel Lin, Andy Zhang, Richard Din, and Jason Wang — built on an 'Uber for food' model that curated top restaurants not otherwise offering delivery, using its own courier fleet. Square (now Block) acquired Caviar in 2014 for over $100 million, then sold it to DoorDash in 2019 for $410 million, folding it into DoorDash's operations as a premium delivery brand.
Summary
Caviar is a Delivery company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2012. Its most recent funding was a Seed round in Jan 2012. Investors include Square Capital and Y Combinator.
Funding & Exit History
Aug 2014
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