Amazon invests in UK-based food delivery platform Deliverooo

San Francisco: Expanding its efforts into the online food-delivery market, Amazon led a $575 million investment in London-based food delivery company Deliveroo, which was once of interest to Uber and Uber Eats.

“Amazon is set to be the largest investor in Deliveroo’s Series G funding round and Deliveroo is raising a total of $575 million with participation from Amazon,” the London-based company wrote in a blog-post on Friday. “This takes the total Deliveroo has raised to date to $1.53 billion.”

Deliveroooperates in 14 countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia and the UAE, working with around 80,000 restaurants, 60,000 delivery persons and 2,500 permanent employees.