What Radish does

Radish is a Montreal-based member-owned delivery cooperative (Coopérative de Solidarité Radish) founded in 2020 that operates a food delivery platform serving local restaurants and Montreal-area consumers through employed couriers, including cargo-bike delivery options. The cooperative is owned jointly by restaurants, delivery workers, and consumers, with profits redistributed to members rather than external shareholders; couriers are full employees with pay and benefits rather than gig workers, distinguishing Radish from Uber Eats and DoorDash on labor model and enabling lower commissions for restaurant partners. Operations are strictly hyperlocal within the Montreal metropolitan area.

The platform's underlying technology is an AI-powered adaptive routing and logistics layer branded as Horseradish, which orchestrates fleet assets in real time across multiple delivery types (food, prescriptions, retail) in a single trip and exposes the capability via HTTP APIs and webhooks to enterprise clients. Radish runs its core infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and uses Google Analytics for site telemetry. The product surface consists of the Radish consumer web/mobile ordering platform for restaurant SMBs and the Horseradish B2B SaaS for external delivery optimization.

The business model combines transaction-based marketplace commissions from restaurant partners with emerging subscription/recurring revenue from the Horseradish enterprise platform; pricing is not publicly disclosed but is marketed as delivering up to 40% cost reduction versus legacy platforms. Distribution is direct via the radish.coop web platform, mobile app (beta as of 2024), and enterprise sales for Horseradish. The company has 11–50 employees, no disclosed funding rounds or external institutional investors, and no parent company.

Name

Radish

Legal name

COOPÉRATIVE DE SOLIDARITÉ RADISH

Website

https://radish.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Radish is a Montreal-based member-owned delivery cooperative providing food delivery via employed couriers to local restaurants and consumers, with an AI-powered B2B logistics product (Horseradish) for enterprise delivery optimization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Food Delivery & Last-Mile Logistics

NAICS

Couriers and Express Delivery Services (4921), Local Messengers and Local Delivery (4922)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Seller-Fulfilled Prime / Same-Day & Rapid Delivery Fulfillment Centers (TLALADAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

E-commerce & Omnichannel Fulfillment Centers (Non-Temp Controlled) (TLALAAAC)

Keywords

• Food delivery services
• Last-mile logistics
• Delivery routing software
• Cooperative delivery network
• Fleet optimization platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Delivery Commission/Fees: Radish charges restaurants a commission for delivery services, positioning itself as a lower-cost alternative to competitors taking 25-35%. The cooperative model allows for fairer pricing for restaurant partners.
2. Restaurant Platform Services: Platform fees from restaurant partners for listing and delivery integration services.
3. Horseradish B2B Platform: Enterprise delivery optimization software sold to other businesses via API and integration services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Radish operates a member-owned delivery cooperative that provides last-mile food and goods delivery in Montreal using employed couriers. Its technology layer combines restaurant, pharmacy, and retail deliveries into single adaptive routes. The cooperative also licenses its AI-powered delivery orchestration software (Horseradish) to enterprise clients via API for fleet optimization.

Product overview

Radish operates as a member-owned delivery cooperative offering two interconnected products: a consumer-facing food delivery platform (Radish Delivery Platform) that directly serves restaurants and customers in Montreal, and a B2B SaaS logistics product called Horseradish that provides AI-powered delivery orchestration and routing for external businesses. The delivery platform is built on a cooperative ownership model where drivers are full employees rather than gig workers, while Horseradish is the technology layer powering adaptive, multi-stop routing optimization for fleet operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Horseradish: Delivery optimization and logistics technology platform that orchestrates and routes orders in real-time using AI. Provides adaptive routing, dynamic decisions, and seamless integrations for fleet management.

Products and services

• Radish Delivery Platform Consumer-facing online food delivery cooperative connecting Montreal residents with local restaurants through employed couriers and adaptive logistics that combine multiple delivery types into single trips.
• Horseradish AI-powered delivery orchestration SaaS that uses real-time adaptive routing to optimize fleet operations for enterprise clients, with HTTP and webhook integrations for order intake and live event streaming.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% cost reduction for businesses
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationRadish runs its operations on Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. Featured as a Microsoft customer story highlighting cooperative delivery model deployed on Azure. Deep technology partnership for cloud infrastructure and potentially AI/ML services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• OptimoRoute: Route optimization and scheduling SaaS platform for field service and delivery operations. Comparable to Horseradish's AI-powered adaptive routing capabilities with focus on time windows and capacity constraints.
• Circuit: Delivery route optimization software for small and mid-market delivery operations. Overlaps with Horseradish's B2B SaaS targeting the same segment of fleet operators seeking to reduce fuel and improve completion rates.

Direct peers

• Onfleet: Last-mile delivery management SaaS platform used by retailers, restaurants, and logistics companies to manage their own fleets. Closest direct competitor to Radish's Horseradish B2B routing product, offering similar dispatch, routing, and tracking capabilities.
• DoorDash: Largest third-party food delivery platform in North America, connecting consumers with local restaurants via independent driver networks. Directly comparable as Radish's primary named competitor serving the same restaurant partners and consumer use cases.
• Routific: Route optimization SaaS for delivery and field service operations, based in Vancouver. Competes directly with Horseradish in the B2B route-optimization category with similar API-first integrations and algorithmic optimization.
• Uber Eats: Global food delivery platform operated by Uber, serving restaurants and consumers with gig-economy couriers. Explicitly named by Radish as a competitor it aims to differentiate from through cooperative ownership and employee drivers.
• SkipTheDishes: Canadian food delivery platform (owned by Just Eat Takeaway), dominant in many Canadian markets including potentially Montreal. Most direct geographic peer competing for the same restaurant partners and consumers in Canada.

Regional players

• Foodora: European-origin food delivery brand (part of Delivery Hero) historically operating in Canada. Comparable hyperlocal on-demand food delivery model serving similar restaurant and consumer segments, though now with reduced Canadian presence.

Broad incumbents

• Just Eat Takeaway: European-headquartered food delivery conglomerate operating multiple brands including SkipTheDishes in Canada. Represents the broader incumbent competitive set Radish positions itself against philosophically.
• Grubhub: Established US food delivery platform now owned by Wonder Group. Operates in the same restaurant delivery category as Radish with broader geographic reach but similar core marketplace commission model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RadishCoop
• Facebookfacebook.com/radishcoop
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/radishcoop
• Instagraminstagram.com/radish.coop

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors7 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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