Borrero: Rappi will become a super-app with banking within five years
Simon Borrero · 20VC: Rappi Founder Simón Borrero on Growth vs Profitability, Capital Efficiency, Raising $1.7Bn as a LATAM Company and Why Uber Eats Did More To Help Than To Hurt Rappi · Mar 18, 2021 · at 27:38
Simón Borrero is the co-founder and CEO of Rappi, a Latin American delivery super-app. He details Rappi's long-term product vision to expand beyond groceries and restaurant delivery.
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“In five years, Rappi is going to be this super app for people that don't have a lot of time and need Help with a lot of things, and RAP is going to be able to provide not only groceries and restaurants and pharmacy, but also everything for your pets, services, your credit cards, and bank accounts.”
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