Cornershop

Online Grocery Deliverycornershopapp.com

Cornershop is a Latin American on-demand grocery and convenience delivery marketplace founded in Chile in 2015, serving consumers across Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, and select U.S. cities via the Uber and Uber Eats apps, and now operates as the Uber-owned subsidiary 'Cornershop by Uber'.

Company typePrivate
Founded2015
HeadquartersLas Condes, Chile
Headcount1,001–5,000
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What Cornershop does

Cornershop is an on-demand grocery and convenience store delivery service headquartered in Las Condes, Chile, founded in 2015 by Daniel Undurraga (CTO) and Oskar Hjertonsson (CEO). The company operates a two-sided marketplace in which contracted shoppers fulfill and deliver orders from grocery and convenience retailers to end consumers, with operations spanning Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, and select U.S. cities (Miami and Dallas). Its core product is a grocery delivery service integrated into the Uber and Uber Eats applications, giving consumers access to inventory from 9,500+ merchant partners across 35 countries through Uber's distribution layer.

The underlying technology stack is not publicly disclosed in available sources, but the platform architecture is built around shopper routing, order orchestration, and merchant catalog integration with Uber Eats' marketplace infrastructure. Cornershop's business model is transaction-based, generating revenue through delivery fees, service fees, and/or merchant commissions on each fulfilled order; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market was executed primarily through the strategic Uber partnership announced on July 7, 2020, which catalyzed a 197% increase in grocery and convenience delivery orders between March and July 2020.

In 2024, Uber acquired Cornershop for $459 million, integrating it as a wholly-owned subsidiary rebranded 'Cornershop by Uber'. Pre-acquisition, the company had raised approximately $31.65 million across five funding rounds from 2015 to 2017, with investors including Accel, Creandum, Jackson Square Ventures, Hi Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, Grupo Bimbo, and NMT Network. The company employed 1,001–5,000 people at the time of acquisition and faces an outstanding intellectual property lawsuit filed by Instacart over proprietary delivery methods.

Cornershop firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Cornershop
Website: https://cornershopapp.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2015
Operating status: Acquired
Headcount range: 1,001–5,000 employees
Short description: Cornershop is a Latin American on-demand grocery and convenience delivery marketplace founded in Chile in 2015, serving consumers across Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, and select U.S. cities via the Uber and Uber Eats apps, and now operates as the Uber-owned subsidiary 'Cornershop by Uber'.
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Cornershop industry classification

Industry

Product category: Online Grocery Delivery
NAICS: Local Messengers and Local Delivery (4922), Grocery and Convenience Retailers (4451)
SIC: Retail-Convenience Stores (5412)
akta.pro primary industry: Grocery & Convenience Delivery (TLAAADAD)
akta.pro secondary industries: Crowdsourced Retail Errand/Shopping & Delivery (TLAAAGAE), Urban/Transit Convenience Stores (Station/Airport/Metro) (CRAHABAE)

Keywords

Grocery delivery service
On-demand delivery
Quick commerce
Last-mile delivery
Online grocery platform

Where Cornershop is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Las Condes
HQ country: Chile
HQ region: Latin America

Markets served

Cornershop business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Cornershop product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Cornershop operates an on-demand grocery and convenience store delivery service where customers place orders via the Uber and Uber Eats apps, and Cornershop team members shop in-store and deliver the orders to customers. The service is active in select cities in Latin America (including Chile, Mexico, and Brazil) and Canada, and it was further integrated with Uber's wider merchant network of 9,500+ partners across 35 countries.

Product overview

Cornershop operates as a grocery delivery platform offering on-demand grocery delivery services. The company was acquired by Uber for $459 million and operates as a subsidiary brand. The core offering is a grocery delivery service where team members fulfill and deliver orders placed through the Uber and Uber Eats apps. The product portfolio consists of the core Cornershop Grocery Delivery service and the post-acquisition Cornershop by Uber brand, integrated into Uber's broader delivery ecosystem serving customers across Latin America and Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Cornershop Grocery Delivery
Cornershop by Uber

Quantifiable outcome

197% increase in grocery and convenience store delivery orders following partnership launch

Companies that use Cornershop

Customer profile

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Cornershop technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Cornershop partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

UbercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 July 2020Uber officially launched grocery delivery on July 7, 2020, in partnership with Cornershop. The partnership enabled customers in select cities in Latin America and Canada to order groceries through the Uber and Uber Eats apps. Cornershop's team members fulfilled and delivered orders. The launch followed a 197% increase in orders for grocery and convenience store deliveries since March, with Uber partnering with over 9,500 merchants across 35 countries. This partnership ultimately led to Uber acquiring Cornershop.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Cornershop competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Rappi: Latin American super-app offering on-demand delivery including groceries, restaurants, and convenience items across Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and other LatAm markets — directly competing with Cornershop in grocery and quick-commerce delivery.
Instacart: North America's leading online grocery delivery platform connecting shoppers to retail partners. Directly comparable business model to Cornershop and the counterparty in the active IP lawsuit.
Jüsto: Mexico-based online grocery delivery startup operating its own dark stores and delivering groceries directly to consumers — a direct LatAm grocery delivery competitor to Cornershop in the Mexican market.
Merqueo: Colombian on-demand grocery delivery startup operating across multiple Latin American countries with dark-store-based fulfillment, directly competing with Cornershop in the LatAm grocery delivery space.

Broad incumbents

Uber Eats: Global on-demand food and grocery delivery platform owned by Cornershop's parent Uber. Comparable in restaurant and grocery delivery, though Uber Eats is a broader platform spanning multiple categories globally.
Glovo: European and LatAm on-demand multi-category delivery platform owned by Delivery Hero, offering restaurant, grocery, and convenience delivery. Overlaps with Cornershop in grocery delivery and operates in several overlapping LatAm markets.
DoorDash: Leading U.S. on-demand food and convenience delivery platform that has expanded into grocery and convenience delivery. Comparable business model and crowdsourced fulfillment approach, though geographically concentrated in North America.
Postmates: U.S. on-demand delivery platform owned by Uber, offering restaurant, grocery, and convenience delivery. Operates within Cornershop's parent ecosystem with comparable crowdsourced fulfillment model.

Regional players

iFood: Brazil's dominant food and grocery delivery platform backed by Prosus and Movile, serving primarily the Brazilian market — overlapping with Cornershop in Brazil for grocery and quick-commerce delivery.

Emerging players

Getir: Quick-commerce pioneer offering 10-minute grocery and convenience delivery from dark stores, with operations across Europe, Turkey, and the U.S. Comparable in quick-commerce category focus and dark-store model that increasingly shapes LatAm grocery delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Cornershop financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Cornershop leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Cornershop funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors8 records

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Cornershop M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Cornershop

What does Cornershop do?

Is Cornershop a public or private company?

Cornershop is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently acquired.

When was Cornershop founded?

Cornershop was founded in 2015. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.

Where is Cornershop based?

Cornershop is headquartered in Las Condes, Chile, in the Latin America region.

Who are Cornershop's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Rappi, Instacart, Jüsto and Merqueo. Broad incumbents are Uber Eats, Glovo, DoorDash and Postmates. iFood is listed as a regional player. Getir is listed as an emerging player.

Does Cornershop have an API?

No public API is recorded for Cornershop.

What industry is Cornershop in?

Cornershop's product category is Online Grocery Delivery. Its primary akta.pro industry code is TLAAADAD, Grocery & Convenience Delivery, with a secondary code of TLAAAGAE, Crowdsourced Retail Errand/Shopping & Delivery. Its NAICS code is 4922 and its SIC code is 5412.