European Quick Commerce Startup Flink Raises $150M

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Written By Rick Watson

Flink is your online supermarket. Everything you buy in a supermarket, can be ordered from us. We will deliver it to your door in minutes. We have everything from fresh vegetables and fruit to ingredients for your dinner, but also everything you need for happy hour!​

Flink, a European quick commerce startup that operates in Germany and the Netherlands, raised a new $150M funding round. Who knew that quick commerce was still a thing and that Flink could raise funding from investors?

TechCrunch: Quick-commerce startup Flink raises another $150M at a valuation of nearly $1B

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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