Deliveroo's £2.9bn food for thought on UK startups
The Observer
|May 11, 2025
Add Deliveroo to the long list of innovative British startups to sell themselves rather than continue trying to make it on their own.
The pioneering delivery company last week accepted a £2.9bn offer from DoorDash, a US rival, reviving a long-running debate about why the UK's innovation ecosystem seems incapable of producing the sort of dominant global market leaders that Silicon Valley grows routinely.
यह कहानी The Observer के May 11, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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