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Mobile food delivery app
Tapingo was a
mobile commerce
application that offers advance ordering for
pickup and food delivery services
[1] for
college campuses .
[2]
This functionality was merged into GrubHub mobile application after the acquisition.
The company was acquired by Grubhub in September 2018 for $150 million.
[3]
Tapingo is differentiated from other on-demand delivery/logistics companies, such as
Waiter.com ,
Postmates , or
DoorDash ,
[4] by focusing its efforts on serving the college market. Through Tapingo, users can browse menus, place orders, pay for the meal and schedule the pickup or have it delivered.
[5] On certain campuses, students are able to use their university's meal dollars to pay for food.
[6]
In the spring of 2012, Tapingo first launched its services on five campuses (
Santa Clara University ,
Loyola Marymount University ,
Biola University ,
the University of Maine , and
California Lutheran University ), and has since expanded to more than 200 college campuses across the U.S. and Canada, serving 100 markets.
[7] To date, Tapingo has received venture funding from
Carmel Ventures ,
[8]
Khosla Ventures ,
[9] Kinzon Capital, DCM Ventures
[10] and
Qualcomm Ventures .
[11]
[12]
[13]
In fall 2015, Tapingo announced expansion plans through major partnership deals with national brands like
Chipotle Mexican Grill
[14]
[15]
[16] and
7-Eleven ,
[17] regional restaurants such as
Taco Bueno ,
[18] and global foodservice provider
Aramark .
[19]
[20]
References
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"Tapingo Launches A Student-Run Delivery Service, Plus Other New Ordering Options" . TechCrunch . Retrieved August 25, 2015 .
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"10 Essential Apps for College Students Living in Dorms and Off Campus" . About.com .
^ Shoot, Brittany (26 September 2018).
"Grubhub Just Bought This College Startup for $150 Million, Firing the Latest Shot in the Food Delivery Wars" . Fortune . Retrieved 28 February 2021 .
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"Amazon launches restaurant delivery in Seattle" . Nation’s Restaurant News . Retrieved September 8, 2015 .
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"Chipotle Delivery Option Coming To 40 U.S. Colleges Via Tapingo In The Fall" . Forbes . Retrieved September 9, 2015 .
^ Ramper, Johnny.
"Tapingo: A Vision for Commerce - Z.E.N. Foods" . zenfoods.com . Retrieved 4 April 2017 .
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"Tapingo Announces Launch of Groundbreaking Mobile-Ordering Services at Aramark University Campuses" . Yahoo Finance . Retrieved October 5, 2015 .
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"Tapingo" . Carmel Ventures .
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"Meet Ben Ling, investment partner at Khosla Ventures" . Vator News .
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"Tapingo" . DCM Ventures .
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"Tapingo" . Qualcomm Ventures . Archived from
the original on 2015-09-19.
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"College Food App Raises Millions in Funding" . Bloomberg Business . Retrieved April 2, 2015 .
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"Hungry? Tapingo aims to make ordering food a wallet-and-wait-free process" . Venture Beat . Retrieved February 5, 2014 .
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"Chipotle will start delivering to 40 college campuses this fall" . USA Today . Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
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"Chipotle Will Deliver to These 40 College Campuses This Fall" . ABC News . Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
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"These 40 college campuses are getting Chipotle delivery" . Business Insider . Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
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"7-ELEVEN® and Tapingo Announce Partnership to Bring On-Demand Delivery to the College Market" . Yahoo Finance . Archived from
the original on 2015-12-07. Retrieved Dec 2, 2015 .
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"Taco Bueno to offer its first delivery service" . Dallas Business Journal . Retrieved October 2, 2015 .
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"Tapingo Announces Launch of Groundbreaking Mobile-Ordering Services at Aramark University Campuses" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved October 5, 2015 .
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"Tapingo Announces Launch of Groundbreaking Mobile-Ordering Services at Aramark University Campuses" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 5, 2015 .
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