Dumpling: Grocery delivery startup Dumpling raises $3M to democratize the gig economy, challenging Instacart from Amazon's backyard

Seattle startup Dumpling raised $3 million for a personal shopping platform that flips the economics of the gig economy upside down. The investment round was led by Floodgate with participation from Fuel Capital. Dumpling originally started as a platform for workers to voice their opinions about the companies they worked for. That effort led to a major realization that gig workers - especially those working for Instacart - really didn't like how the apps were treating them. "We learned how crazy it was to be an on-demand grocery shopper and how that ultimately affected customers," said Dumpling co-founder and co-CEO... Read More