Deliveroo is providing an update on trading for the 2 month period January and February 2021 versus the comparable period in 2020.
GTV – the total amount of transactions it processes on its platform – has grown +121% year on year at the group level in January and February 2021. GTV in the UK and Ireland has grown +130% year on year and GTV in the Group’s other markets has grown +112% year-on-year.
This follows the Company’s Registration Document, published on 8 March 2021, which showed GTV grew64% in 2020. Fourth quarter 2020 run-rate GTV amounts to over £5 billion. In 2020, underlying gross profit margin as a percentage of GTV grew from 5.8% in 2018 to 8.8%, demonstrating fast growth underpinned by strong unit economics.
IPO Offer Highlights
- The price range for the Offer has been set at £3.90 to £4.60 per Share, implying an estimated market capitalisation at Admission of between £7.6 billion and £8.8 billion (excluding any over-allotment shares).
- We will apply for admission of shares on the standard listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
- The Offer will comprise of new Shares to be issued by Deliveroo (expecting to raise gross proceeds of approximately £1 billion) (“New Shares”) and existing Shares to be sold by certain existing shareholders.
o Bringing the food category online represents an enormous market opportunity. The way we think about it is simple: there are 21 meal occasions in a week – breakfast, lunch, and dinner – seven days a week. Right now, less than one of those 21 transactions takes place online. We are working to change that.
o We have executed well, from a growth, expansion, and profitability perspective, but we are just truly starting our journey.
o We will continue to invest in the innovations that we believe will further enhance our core marketplace for consumers, restaurants and grocers, and riders, while also continuing to further develop our growth businesses, in particular, Editions, Plus and Signature.
Will Shu, Founder and CEO of Deliveroo, said:
“We are proud to be listing in London, the city where Deliveroo started. Becoming a public company will enable us to continue to invest in innovation, developing new tech tools to support restaurants and grocers, providing riders with more work and extending choice for consumers, bringing them the food they love from more restaurants than ever before. This will help us in our mission to become the definitive food company. We have enjoyed a strong start to 2021 and we are only at the start of an exciting j