College Social App Fizz Expands Into Grocery Delivery

Fizz, nan college societal app, is expanding into market transportation acknowledgment to a caller business pinch Gopuff, nan startup told TechCrunch exclusively. The business will let students to bid thing from late-night snacks to play groceries straight wrong nan Fizz app successful arsenic accelerated arsenic 15 minutes, Fizz says.

Founded successful 2021, Fizz is disposable astatine much than 620 campuses crossed nan United States, pinch complete 27 cardinal posts shared to date. The societal level allows students to link anonymously pinch others astatine their university. Fizz besides features a marketplace wherever users tin bargain and waste items locally.

Fizz co-founder and CEO Teddy Solomon told TechCrunch successful an email that nan startup’s description into market transportation was a agelong clip coming, arsenic users had been asking for nan characteristic for immoderate time.

He says that students are already utilizing Fizz to bargain and waste done nan Fizz Marketplace and to coordinate group nutrient and beverage delivery, truthful it made consciousness to make market transportation imaginable done nan app.

Solomon besides believes it was a earthy fresh for Fizz to partner pinch Gopuff, since it’s besides a work that was founded by and for assemblage students and is celebrated among a younger customer base.

“Gopuff was founded by assemblage students and has agelong had a beardown beingness connected campuses, truthful nan synergy pinch Fizz was clear,” Solomon said. “We stock nan aforesaid Gen Z DNA, and erstwhile conversations began, it was evident this business would beryllium a awesome fit. By combining Fizz’s organization and utmost distribution pinch Gopuff’s expertise to present essentials instantly, we are making student life easier.”

While students could already bid groceries done Gopuff directly, Fizz says nan caller integration allows for much convenience. Additionally, nan Fizz Store features pre-selected collections of groceries to make it easier to shop for essentials. Examples of these see nan Gym, Study Fuel, and Rush bags.

Despite adding a marketplace and market delivery, Fizz says it’s still a societal app and will ever beryllium one.

“As platforms for illustration Instagram and TikTok person gone each successful connected intermezo (only 7% of content consumed connected Instagram is from friends), Fizz has continued to beryllium nan astir powerful organization for shared experiences and identities,” Solomon said. “Features for illustration nan Fizz Store are a nonstop hold of nan halfway experience, and thief to fulfill Fizz’s ngo of being nan societal app for nan 99% of life that is not connected Instagram and TikTok.”

In position of nan future, Solomon says Fizz will proceed to grow to caller campuses and markets. Fizz besides plans to grow its societal features while focusing connected authenticity and community.

Fizz shared that successful nan past month, it has quadrupled its regular progressive users, launched connected 250+ caller campuses, and surgery its 1-day registration grounds 12 days successful a row.

The startup has raised $41 cardinal successful backing to date.