FRANKFURT, August 5 (Reuters) – Deliveroo, specializing in the delivery of meals on wheels, said it had obtained 275 million dollars (248 million euros) in a new fundraising campaign, valuing the company at more than a billion dollars. Therefore, Deliveroo, based in London, is one of only two European companies to enter this year the status of “unicorn” term for startups valued at least a billion dollars and not publicly traded. The other European unicorn is SkyScanner, travel search site based in Edinburgh, which intervened fundraising earlier in the year was valued at $ 1.6 billion. Deliveroo, present in 12 countries across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, said in a statement that new financing was provided by Bridgepoint, DST Global, General Catalyst and Greenoaks Capital. The group added that the market value of its food deliveries increased by 400% since its previous fundraising to $ 100 million, took place in November. Deliveroo, which will be faced with increasing competition from UberEats the food delivery service specialist transport vehicles with driver Uber UBER.UL underlines be profitable in a number of countries where there are present. (Eric Auchard, Benoit Van Overstraeten for the French service)
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