Failed 2022

    Send

    Smaller Australian quick-commerce competitor that collapsed before MilkRun, signaling the entire category's unviability locally.

    Founded → Closed

    2020 → 2022

    Funding Raised

    $11M

    Industry

    Quick Commerce/Grocery

    Country

    Australia

    Full Analysis

    Sydney-based Send was an early Australian quick-commerce competitor backed by Grok Ventures and Folklore. After raising ~AUD$11M, it failed to reach scale and entered voluntary administration in mid-2022, six months before MilkRun's collapse. Send's wind-down was the first warning that Australian quick-commerce density wouldn't replicate London or Berlin economics.

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