A Longhorn Startup company, Burpy, is among the latest crop of Techstars Austin companies selected to participate in its three month long accelerator. Burpy, founded by a group of UT undergraduates and led by Aseem Ali, is an online grocery delivery business available in Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. The other team from Austin […]
Postmates Launches in Austin and Wants to be the Fedex of Home Delivery
June 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The self-proclaimed “Uber” of on demand delivery, Postmates, has launched in Austin. The San Francisco-based company wants to be the “FedEx” of home delivery, said Bastian Lehmann, CEO of Postmates. Postmates chose Austin for its expansion because of high demand and a hungry consumer base wanting more […]
Austin-based Startup Burpy Delivers
March 22, 2014 by 2 Comments
By AMY MCCULLOUGH Reporter with Silicon Hills News Aseem Ali was a carless freshman at the University of Texas at Austin living in an apartment complex. When he could work around friends’ schedules and borrow cars to get to the grocery store, he could get fresh food and produce. But due to the inconvenience, he […]
Burpy Expands to San Antonio and Houston
December 7, 2013 by 5 Comments
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Last Longhorn Startup class, Aseem Ali and a team of undergraduate students pitched Burpy, a grocery delivery service. Now he’s running a quickly growing startup and finishing up his degree as a senior studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas. Burpy, which expanded into the San […]
Grocery Delivery Service Burpy Featured on a Slice of Silicon Hills
August 28, 2013 by 5 Comments
