Bastian Lehmann

TipTop, the new app from Postmates’ founder and CEO, now lets you buy devices with trade-ins and cash

Customers can trade in an old Samsung Galaxy for a discount on an iPad, an Apple HomePod mini for a Nintendo Switch, or an iPhone for a Nothing phone.

Postmates founder banks $23 million for his new crypto startup TipTop

Postmates founder Bastian Lehmann’s new crypto startup TipTop was lightly teased out a few weeks ago, but now the stealth startup is sharing some info on its early funding, though there’s

Pandemic and ‘revenge travel’ helps power Heygo to a $20M Series A funding round

During the worst throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, very few people could travel. Meanwhile, both 2021 and 2022 were predicted to be the years of “revenge travel” where people would do a great deal

More tech drama, please

A Twitter thread from Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow was good fun, and useful in bringing a bit of necessary combat back to tech.

Why we’re still waiting on the Postmates S-1

Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann on 'choppy' public markets, competitors and more.

Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

In this week's newsletter: Airbnb, WeWork and Postmates prep IPOs.

Readying an IPO, Postmates secures $225M led by private equity firm GPI Capital

Postmates is expected to unveil its IPO prospectus this month.

Startups Weekly: Peloton’s 29 secret weapons

In this week's newsletter: Peloton's going public, Boll & Branch raised another $100M and more.

Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann is coming to Disrupt SF

It's a busy time for Postmates. The logistics and delivery company is prepping for its IPO on the back of a fresh $100 million raise in February. But Bastian Lehmann is still carving out some time to

Postmates has launched in 1,000 new cities since December

The on-demand delivery platform is expanding rapidly ahead of its 2019 IPO.

Postmates’ newest feature is like Uber POOL for food delivery

Postmates is launching a new feature called Postmates Party that lets customers within the same neighborhood pool their orders. In return, these customers get the food delivered for free, eliminating

Postmates brings on two new execs from Pinterest

Postmates has made two new hires, both of whom hail from Pinterest, in the form of Eric Edge and Andreas Lieber. Edge joins Postmates as the SVP of Brand & Communications, while Lieber joins as SV

Postmates lines up another $100M ahead of IPO

Postmates has landed a $100M investment to compete with SoftBank-backed competitor DooDash ahead of an IPO expected later this year.

Postmates CEO will testify before Congress about the promise of robots and drones

Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann is testifying before Congress tomorrow in a hearing called "Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers." The emergence of deliveries via robots and drones has sparked regu

Postmates To Roll Its Way Into London

Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann said today at TechCrunch Disrupt London that his company will launch in London sometime in the second quarter of next year. Postmates is dealing in a crowded on-demand ma

Postmates Founder Bastian Lehmann To Speak At Disrupt London

We’re continuing to announce speakers for our TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8, 2015. The conference will feature an amazing slate of global startups, investors, influential

TechCrunch Disrupt London Brings The Best Of Europe Together

We have some incredible speakers coming to the TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8. We’re not just talking global sporting superstar Thierry Henry, by the way. We’re talki

CEO Bastian Lehmann Says Postmates Could Be Profitable In 2016, As It Hits 2 Million Deliveries

Same-day delivery service Postmates could be profitable next year if the company wants to be, said CEO Bastian Lehmann today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. The company has made 2 million deliveries, whi

Postmates Will Deliver Bastian Lehmann Via Bike To The Disrupt New York Stage

Okay, the bike thing probably isn't true but Postmates co-founder and CEO Bastian Lehmann will join us on stage at TC Disrupt New York in May. Almost four years ago, Lehmann stepped onto the TechCr

Postmates Hires Former Yodlee, Google Wallet Exec Peter Hazlehurst As COO

On-demand delivery startup Postmates is growing fast, expanding from serving five markets around the beginning of the year to being in 16 by next week. To help out with a rapidly expanding operations