Grubhub history

Six years later, in 2005, SeamlessWeb introduced a free ordering service to consumer diners to complement the existing corporate-ordering service.

In April 2006, SeamlessWeb was acquired by Aramark and integrated into its Food, Hospitalities, and Facilities segment.

In November 2007, Grubhub secured $1.1 million in Series A funding, led by Amicus Capital and Origin Ventures for the purpose of expanding into San Francisco and New York markets.

In the first quarter of 2009, Leo Capital and Origin Ventures oversaw Series B funding for the company, securing $2 million.

Grubhub has also kept a keen eye on its competitors, especially Seamless (now a partner), which was doing pretty well in New York in early 2010s.

The logo stayed in use until it was redesigned in 2011.

In May 2013, Grubhub and Seamless announced that they were merging, with Seamless representing 58% of the equity and GrubHub representing 42% of the equity of the combined business; the merger was finalized in early August 2013.

Grubhub went public in April 2014 at a price of $26 per share.

LAbite, a Los Angeles–based restaurant delivery service, was acquired by Grubhub in May 2016.

Two months later, the company announced that it had finalized its takeover of Eat24, but shut it down in late 2018.

In March 2019, Grubhub took over SkipTheDishes' operations in the United States after SkipTheDishes announced its exit from the United States market.

However, on June 9, 2020, Just Eat Takeaway announced it would be purchasing Grubhub for $7.3 billion in an all-stock deal.

The sale was Completed on June 15, 2021.