Berlin’s Mayd Gets ~$34M Series A Injection For Fast Pharmacy Delivery

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This pace of expansion means the startup has already grown to 100+ employees, as well as 350+ delivery riders — who it says are “permanently employed” (this means “directly contracted” with Mayd, i.e. not employed via subcontractors). “Until the end of Q2 we plan to launch in two other markets in Europe and currently are looking at our best options.”The startup says typical customers for its pharmacy order delivery service so far skew more female than male, and tend to fall into the 35-45 age range — having a focus on “convenience first”. (Aka: “Our customer base is urban, digital and appreciates our 24/7 service a lot.”) , the startup says it expects to pass 100,000 customers over the course of this year as it expands out from (currently) six cities — soon to be seven, as it dials up service in Stuttgart next week — to more than 50 cities across its operational footprint in the first half of 2022.Berlin’s Mayd bags $15M seed to deliver meds fastArive raises $20M for an instant delivery service beyond groceries and essentialsBerlin’s Yababa snags $15.5M to scale a multicultural grocery delivery biz across Europe Mayd also says its shoppers are ringing up bigger basket sizes than for online groceries.But, well, medicines and ailment potions tend to be relatively expensive vs general groceries so that’s not too surprising. Mayd says it takes a commission on sales of non-prescription pharmacy products but does not charge for delivery. Asked about the looming launch of e-prescriptions in Germany, Mayd claims it will be “the first company on the market to integrate the instant delivery service into our system”, adding: “This way we will be able to fully cover all needs in the area of health.