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GoPuff raises $380M

By TechTaffy Desk

Delivery and micro-fulfillment startup GoPuff has raised $380 million. The funding was led by existing investor, Accel, and D1 Capital Partners with participation from Luxor Capital and SoftBank Vision Fund, another previous investor.

In other developments, Jocelyn Wong, former chief marketing officer at Lowe’s, has joined as goPuff’s first chief customer officer; Jonathan DiOrio, Uber’s former global head of FinTech and U.S. Business Development, has joined goPuff as chief business officer; and former TripAdvisor engineering executive Rekha Singh has joined goPuff as vice president of Engineering.

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