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Getir peaked at $11.8B and sold to Uber for $335M

Turkey's $11.8B 10-minute grocery unicorn was sold to Uber in 2026 for $335 million — after exiting every market but home

Getir · 2026

What happened

Getir was founded in Istanbul in 2015, invented 10-minute grocery delivery, and rode pandemic demand to an $11.8 billion valuation in 2022 after raising $2.4 billion in total.

It bought rivals instead of fixing economics — most famously Germany's Gorillas for $1.2 billion in December 2022 — just as venture money for quick commerce was drying up.

In April 2024 Getir exited the US, UK, Germany and the Netherlands, refocusing on Turkey with fresh Mubadala money. A court filing later valued the entire group at $374 million — a 97% fall from its peak.

In February 2026 Uber agreed to buy Getir's delivery arm for $335 million, plus $100 million for a 15% stake in its grocery business. The category's biggest unicorn ended as a discount asset sale.

Why it happened

  • The model needed endless subsidy: 10-minute delivery economics never covered their costs, and every market entered was a new furnace.
  • Acquisitions bought scale, not profitability: the $1.2 billion Gorillas deal arrived as funding froze, multiplying the burn it was meant to end.
  • The retreat came in stages: exiting four countries in 2024 and selling to Uber in 2026 were the same decision taken twice — shrink, then hand over.
  • The peak valuation was a financing event, not a business: $11.8 billion in 2022, $374 million in a court filing by 2026.
What it costSold for $335M vs $11.8B peak valuecostly

The lesson

Hypergrowth bought with discount delivery collapses when the money stops: Getir raised $2.4 billion to out-deliver rivals, and the whole group was worth a fraction of its peak valuation.

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