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title: "DoorDash Raises Valuation to Nearly $4 Billion"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/afe5a78e-0c2e-40af-b539-3e06d765946b
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/doordash-raises-valuation-to-nearly-4-billion-2707551
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Technology","Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-08-17T21:16:19.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:52:16.546Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b00c28059a0acd2c84c5df836f5033cc7512.jpg
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# DoorDash Raises Valuation to Nearly $4 Billion

**TL;DR:** DoorDash raised its valuation to nearly $4 billion after netting $250 million in a new round of funding led by Coatue Management and DST Global. The company has partnered with restaurants such as Wendy's, IHOP, and Boston Market.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/doordash-raises-valuation-to-nearly-4-billion-2707551).*

## Story

DoorDash , a food delivery startup in extreme growth mode, announced it has netted $250 million in a new round of funding led by Coatue Management and DST Global, bringing the company’s valuation to nearly $4 billion, according to a TechCrunch article . The news comes just five months after the San Francisco-based company raised $535 million from Japanese company SoftBank Group Corp. DoorDash is making waves in the restaurant industry thanks to its recent partnerships with Wendy’s , IHOP and Boston Market .

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## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Wendy's (company)
- DoorDash (company)
- IHOP (company)
- Boston Market (company)
- funding round (topic)
- restaurant partnerships (topic)
- SoftBank (company)
- valuation increase (topic)
- SoftBank investment in DoorDash (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/doordash-raises-valuation-to-nearly-4-billion-2707551). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/afe5a78e-0c2e-40af-b539-3e06d765946b).