Delivery Hero board backs Uber’s $15B takeover bid
Delivery Hero’s supervisory and management boards have unanimously endorsed Uber’s $15 billion takeover offer and urged shareholders to approve the deal. Backed by major shareholder Prosus —which will sell its 17 % stake— the transaction would create one of the world’s largest on‑demand food‑delivery platforms outside China, doubling Uber Eats’ global footprint.
Technically, the merger will fuse the dispatch engines, AI‑driven routing algorithms, and data infrastructures of both companies, enabling a unified real‑time orchestration of orders, couriers, and restaurants. Uber Eats’ micro‑services architecture will overlay Delivery Hero’s logistics network, facilitating catalog migration, reinforcement‑learning route optimization, and global demand‑forecasting capabilities.
The deal underscores a wave of consolidation: Uber bought Getir for $335 million, Grab acquired Foodpanda Taiwan for $600 million, and DoorDash paid $3.87 billion for Deliveroo in the past 18 months. With a combined valuation exceeding $30 billion, the new entity will directly challenge DoorDash and Just Eat Takeaway, while investors such as Prosus and SSW Partners —which will purchase 14 markets for $1.6 billion— reinforce the capital structure.
Strategically, the transaction positions Uber as the undisputed leader in multimodal delivery, merging mobility, logistics, and quick‑commerce under a single platform. The synergy is expected to accelerate product innovation, lower operating costs, and pave the way for autonomous delivery and electric‑fleet integration, reshaping the global quick‑commerce landscape.