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Uber Technologies is a technology provider that matches riders with drivers, hungry people with restaurants and food couriers, and shippers with carriers. The firm's on-demand technology platform is currently utilized by traditional cars as well as autonomous vehicles, but could eventually be used for additional products and services, such as delivery via drones or electronic vehicle take-off and landing (eVTOL) technology. Uber operates in over 70 countries, with over 202 million users who order rides or food at least once a month.

Prosus is a consumer internet group with listed and unlisted platforms across 100 countries. Around 80% of Prosus’ net asset value is derived from its Tencent holdings, the world’s largest game publisher and operator of WeChat, China’s super app with 1.3 billion users. Prosus has approximately a 23% stake in Tencent. The rest of the group’s businesses and investments are organized into classifieds, food delivery, payments and fintech, and edtech. This includes ownership of iFood, Brazil’s largest food delivery app, and a 25% stake in Swiggy, the second-largest delivery platform in India.In 2019, Prosus was spun out of South Africa-based parent company Naspers Ltd and listed on the Euronext exchange. Naspers holds approximately 75% of Prosus’ shares.

Founded in 2013 within the confines of the San Francisco application renaissance, DoorDash is an online delivery demand aggregator. Consumers can use its app to order food on demand for delivery or in-store pickup from participating merchants. Following the 2022 acquisition of Wolt, the firm also provides this service in Europe and Asia. DoorDash creates a marketplace for merchants to establish an online presence, market their offerings, and meet demand through delivery. The firm provides similar services to non-restaurant businesses, such as grocery, retail, and pet supplies. DoorDash is also rolling out emerging technologies, such as drone delivery, to continually innovate and deliver the best possible service to both supply-side and demand-side participants in its marketplace.

Meituan is the largest food delivery platform in China, with a 60%-70% share of the market in 2024, according to Morningstar estimates. In the third quarter of 2024, the firm generated 74% of its revenue from the core local commerce segment, which includes on-demand food delivery and retail, in-store services (such as visiting beauty and entertainment stores after purchasing deals on Meituan), and hotel and travel booking. The remaining 26% of revenue came from the new initiatives segment, such as the community group purchase business Meituan Select and the overseas food delivery business.

DiDi Global Inc is a mobility technology platform that provides a range of mobility services as well as other services. It is building four key components of its platform that work together to improve the consumer experience: shared mobility; energy and vehicle services; electric mobility; and autonomous driving. It is a go-to brand in China for shared mobility, providing consumers with a range of safe, affordable, and convenient mobility services, including ride-hailing, taxi-hailing, chauffeur, hitch, and other forms of shared mobility. The company operates in three segments: China Mobility, which mainly includes ride-hailing services to riders, and also acts as an agent by connecting end-users to service providers who provide taxi hailing; International; and Other Initiatives.

Founded in 2012, Grab provides ride-sharing services, food and grocery delivery, and financial services (payments, consumer loans, and enterprise offerings) in eight Southeast-Asian countries through its mobile platform. The company partners with merchants and riders, connecting them with consumers while charging commission to both sides. Grab has a leading market share in and derives 89% of its revenue from its core businesses, ride-sharing and food delivery. Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia contributed more than 70% of revenue in 2024. Grab’s main competitors in Southeast Asia are Line Man and Goto. Its financial services business is still in its nascent stage and provides minimal revenue currently. The company now also generates advertising revenue.

Founded in 2011, Delivery Hero is an online delivery demand aggregator. The company is headquartered in Germany and operates in over 70 countries across Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Delivery Hero creates a marketplace for merchants to establish an online presence, market their offerings, and meet demand through delivery. Nearly half of Delivery Hero’s revenue is commission fees from merchants. Through its applications, which vary by region, customers can order meals, grocery items, pharmacy products, and retail goods. In addition, Delivery Hero operates Dmarts.

Maplebear (Instacart) is a grocery-focused delivery marketplace that connects national and regional grocers with consumers and couriers, and consumers with their favorite stores. Its app provides on-demand convenience for consumers, allows couriers to earn income, and helps grocers to scale their business through digital channels. The marketplace gathers valuable consumer behavior data, attracting consumer-packaged-goods advertisers that seek to reach consumers at the point of purchase. With approximately 600,000 shoppers and 1,800 retail partners, Instacart delivers to about 98% of households in the United States and Canada.

Swiggy Ltd is a consumer-first technology company offering users an easy to use convenience platform, accessible through a unified app to browse, select, order and pay for food (Food Delivery), grocery and household items (Instamart), and have their orders delivered to their doorstep through on-demand delivery partner network. Its platform can be used to make restaurant reservations (Dineout) and for events bookings (SteppinOut). It has five business segments: Food Delivery, Out of home consumption, Quick commerce. Supply chain and distribution and Platform Innovations. Key revenue is generated from Food delivery business that offer on demand Food Delivery services through a network of restaurant partners and delivery partners, which is available through mobile application and or website.

Talabat Holding PLC is engaged in the on-demand online food ordering, delivery, takeaway and groceries and convenience retail marketplace in the MENA region, with operations in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Oman, Jordan, and Iraq.

GoTo is an Indonesian ecosystem that combines ride-hailing, delivery, and financial services under one app. The company operates primarily in Indonesia and is the product of a merger between Gojek and Tokopedia in May 2021, but recently divested the e-commerce business into a combined entity with TikTok Indonesia in 2024. Looking ahead, we expect the on-demand service to account for the majority of revenue while its financial services begin to ramp. Prior to the deconsolidation, 82% of nonfinancial services gross transactional value came from e-commerce, and the firm will begin to expand into financial services such as providing loans and buy now, pay later programs. The company competes with Grab in the ride-hailing and delivery business.

Founded in 2000, Ocado provides automation and logistics solutions to grocers. Ocado operates in two segments: logistics and solutions. Logistics provides fulfillment and delivery services in the United Kingdom. Solutions is based on the Ocado Smart Platform, a modular, automated online retail fulfillment and delivery solution that provides software, fulfillment hardware, and support services to corporate customers in return for upfront and recurring fees. Partners include leading grocers around the world, like Sobeys, Morrisons, ICA, Groupe Casino, Bon Preu, Kroger, and Coles. Ocado also has a 50% stake in Ocado Retail, a pure-play e-grocery business. The other 50% is owned by Marks & Spencer.

Almeera Consumer Goods Company Q.S.C is a Qatar-based company operating in the retail industry. The company and its subsidiaries are involved in wholesale and retail trading of consumer goods commodities, owning and managing consumer outlets, and trading in foodstuff and consumer goods. The three operating segments of the company include the Retail segment is a key revenue driver, that comprises the buying and selling of consumer goods, the Investment segment, which comprises equity and funds held as available-for-sale investments and fixed deposits and the Leasing segment, which comprise mainly of renting shops in various malls owned by the group. The company operates in Qatar and Oman.

Jahez International Co for Information and Technology operates as an online food delivery platform, connecting users, merchants, and delivery partners across the Kingdom. It engages in providing wireless data services, systems analysis, designing and programming software and providing delivery services via e-platforms. Its operating segments are Delivery platform activity inside the Kingdom, Delivery platform activity outside the Kingdom, Logistics services activity, and Other activities.

HelloFresh SE provides fresh, healthy, and personalized meal solutions. The company operates an internet platform that provides customers the choice between various kinds of meals and recipes to be delivered on selected weekdays. It operates in two geographical regions: International and USA. The international segment comprises operations in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Japan, France, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Austria, Canada, and Switzerland. The USA segment comprises operations in the United States of America.

Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd is the fastest growing on-demand e-commerce company in China. The company directly provides users and households with fresh produce, meat and seafood, and other daily necessities through a convenient shopping experience supported by an extensive self-operated frontline fulfillment grid. It recognizes revenues from product sales of fresh groceries and other daily necessities through Dingdong Fresh APP and mini-programs and membership services.

Demae-Can Co Ltd Ltd operates an Internet store in Japan. The company operates through two business segments including Demae-can Business and Mail Order Business. The Demae-can segment operates a website for the door-to-door delivery service, and the mail order sales segment sells, Shochu to restaurants on the phone.

RIDE ON EXPRESS Holdings Co Ltd is a Japanese company engaged in the food delivery business.

WM Technology Inc is a technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry. It comprises the B2C platform Weedmaps, and B2B software WM Business. Its revenues are derived primarily from monthly subscriptions to Weedmaps for Business, featured and deal listings and other WM Ad solutions. The Weedmaps for Business subscriptions generally have one-month terms that automatically renew unless notice of cancellation is provided in advance. Featured and deal listings and other WM Ad solutions are offered as add-on products to the Weedmaps for Business subscriptions. Featured and deal listings provide customers with premium placement ad solutions and discount and promotion pricing tools. Other WM Ad solutions include banner ads and promotion tiles on marketplace ads.

My Food Bag Group Ltd operates in the online food delivery market in New Zealand. It delivers bags full of fresh and locally sourced ingredients along with easy-to-follow recipes direct to families across New Zealand. The company drives revenue principally by the volume of bags delivered to customers and the average order value of bags delivered. The company operates in one geographic area, New Zealand.

Matvareexpressen AS is a technology enterprise within the online grocery industry. It has positioned itself as a comprehensive supplier, offering a wide range of groceries and food delivery services. It is a one-stop shop for kindergartens, schools, nursery homes, canteens and similar professional buyers.

Goodfood Market Corp is an online grocery company in Canada that delivers fresh meal solutions and groceries that make it easy for members to enjoy delicious meals at home every day. The principal business activity is focused on developing and servicing the online meal kit and grocery add-on market. Goodfood members have access to products and exclusive pricing made possible by its direct-to-consumer fulfillment ecosystem that eliminates waste and retail overhead. It has a production facility and administrative offices in Montreal, with five additional facilities located in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. The company is passionate about connecting its partner farms and suppliers to its customers’ kitchens while eliminating food waste and costly retail overhead.

VL E-Governance & IT Solutions Ltd operates mainly in the E-Governance and IT/ITES sector, specializing as a system integrator and end-to-end service provider for large-scale E-Governance projects. The company has expertise in managing extensive multi-state enrollment initiatives, data digitization, software development, and licensing. Its business activities encompass E-Governance services, IT/ITES system integration, B2B trading, and trading of IT/ITES equipment. The entire business is categorized under a single reportable segment called E-Governance & IT/ITES Business (B2B).