The deal was unusual because the typical path for tech startups recently has been either an IPO, or being gobbled up by tech giants - as underscored by Tumblr’s acquisition pact with Yahoo on Monday and Instagram’s purchase by Facebooklast year. Maloney, who will be CEO of the combined company, declined to discuss the companies’ combined valuation. That means existing stockholders are rolling their stakes in together, as opposed to a traditional merger in which one company’s stockholders buy out the other’s. GrubHub CEO Matt Maloney said the private companies’ existing investors aren’t cashing out. GrubHub Seamless is a privately held company with offices in Chicago, New York, Salt Lake City and London.GrubHub and Seamless, two startups that let people order restaurant takeout without leaving the sofa or even picking up the phone, said Monday they are merging. cities and London, and every order is supported by the organization’s 24/7 customer service. GrubHub Seamless owns a portfolio of brands that includes GrubHub ( Seamless ( MenuPages ( and Allmenus ( The organization’s free online and mobile ordering platforms allow diners and 4,000+ corporate businesses to order directly from approximately 25,000 takeout restaurants in more than 500 U.S. GrubHub Seamless is the nation’s leading online and mobile food-ordering company dedicated to connecting hungry diners with local takeout restaurants. “We are excited to take our collective experience and move forward together to set a new industry standard for restaurants, diners and corporate clients.” “These companies are the standard bearers of online ordering and have been for more than 15 years, charting the course for takeout technology and generating billions of dollars for local restaurants,” said Matt Maloney, GrubHub Seamless CEO. In the first half of 2013, the combined organization processed approximately 130,000 orders a day. The combined organization, operating under the name GrubHub Seamless, will continue to support both the GrubHub and Seamless brands, connecting diners with approximately 25,000 restaurants for online and mobile ordering across the country and in London. today announced they have completed their previously announced merger.

9, 2013 / PRNewswire/ - Seamless North America LLC and GrubHub Inc.

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