Startup

Zoom2u

Pyrmont, NSW

Investor	Rounds	Invested
SmartCompany	Accelerator	-

What Zoom2u bought

Companies Zoom2u acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Zoom2u is not recorded as having acquired anything.

People

Name	Role	Sources
Steve Orenstein	CEO · Founder	SmartCompany (Wed 12 Apr 2023), SmartCompany (Wed 16 Nov 2022), SmartCompany (Fri 8 Jul 2022), SmartCompany (Tue 12 Nov 2019)

Coverage

Stories naming Zoom2u. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

7 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Chromologics raises $7.5m, Next Gen Foods dabbles in alt-dairy, Amazon shutters Go stores

Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech news: funding for Chromologics, BelliWelli, Hectare and others, acquisitions by Next Gen Foods and Pessl Instruments, product launches, and Australian cultivated meat firm Vow beginning its regulatory process.

AgFunderNews Thu 9 Mar 2023 Hectre Amazon Bayer Food Standards Australia New Zealand Hershey Impossible Foods Next Gen Foods Swiggy Vow Zoom2u Doehler Planet

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Funding announcement

28. Zoom2u Technologies

Smart50 Awards 2022 profile ranking Zoom2u Technologies 28th; the delivery marketplace founded by Steve Orenstein grew revenue 47% to $4.13 million and listed in 2021, after placing 41st in the 2021 awards.

SmartCompany Wed 16 Nov 2022 Zoom2u SmartCompany Uber Steve Orenstein

2 deals

Zero Co, Ofload and Mad Paws: The startup winners of the 2022 Smart50 awards

SmartCompany names its 2022 Smart50 winners: July tops the list, Ofload ranks second after a $60 million raise, and Mad Paws, Zero Co, Code Like a Girl and Hero Packaging take out category awards.

SmartCompany Wed 16 Nov 2022 Code Like a Girl Hero Packaging InstantScripts July LiveTiles Mad Paws Mr Yum Ofload Tank Stream Labs Zero Co Zoom2u Google Kickstarter SmartCompany Mike Smith

Exit / M&A

Does Milkrun have what it takes to outrun Woolworths’ one-hour delivery?

Opinion analysis arguing Woolworths' Metro60 one-hour grocery service threatens venture-backed rapid delivery startups, citing SEND's shutdown, VOLY's staff cuts and Milkrun's funding reliance as evidence the 15-minute model is unsustainable in Australia.

SmartCompany Fri 8 Jul 2022 Deliveroo Foodora Koala Milkrun Send Uber Eats Voly Woolworths Zoom2u Dany Milham Steve Orenstein

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2 deals

Delivery startup Zoom2U raises $4.2 million, after riding the e-commerce boom to $1 million in monthly revenues

Courier platform Zoom2U has raised $4.2 million led by Perennial Value Management, funding expansion, a new Locate2U app and a planned US launch, after previously raising $1.85 million in 2016.

SmartCompany Tue 12 Nov 2019 Zoom2u Perennial Value Management Steve Orenstein

3 deals

Courier startup Sendle raises $20 million Series B led by Federation

Delivery startup Sendle has closed a $20 million Series B led by Federation, with three other backers, and separately Humanforce has raised $22.5 million from Accel-KKR for overseas expansion.

Startup Daily Tue 29 Jan 2019 Humanforce Sendle Airbnb Australia Post Hertz Qantas Rip Curl SouthPole Zoom2u Accel-KKR Federation Full Circle Venture Capital Giant Leap Rampersand Eva Ross James Chin Moody Neil Brown Will Richardson

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