BufferBox
LogisticsCanadaClosed 2014
Total Raised
Undisclosed
Peak Valuation
$17M
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2014
Business model
Automated parcel pickup lockers letting online shoppers collect packages at convenient locations instead of requiring home delivery.
In brief
Built self-service parcel lockers as a University of Waterloo student project, addressing missed-delivery frustration before Amazon Lockers and similar services became widespread, and was acquired by Google in 2012 to support Google Shopping Express. When Google shut down Google…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2011
- Closed
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Waterloo, Canada
- Industry
- Logistics
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Mir Aamir, James Chi-Ruey Chen, Devon Ryan
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Often compared with: Amazon Locker, USPS Package Pickup.