Deliveroo has collaborated with embedded finance provider Liberis to launch a new funding programme for UK hospitality businesses.

The Deliveroo Capital programme will enable restaurants and other hospitality operators access flexible funding for business needs.

Under the arrangement, Liberis will extend pre-approved merchant cash advances (MCAs) to qualifying Deliveroo merchant partners via the latter's platform.

The service sits alongside existing tools restaurants already use on Deliveroo to oversee delivery orders, track performance, and manage daily operations, creating a single point of access for both logistics and finance.

The funds can be used for various business purposes, including shoring up cash flow in quieter periods or supporting investment projects such as purchasing equipment, refurbishing sites or developing new menu items.

Liberis will use a data-driven process to determine eligibility, with criteria designed to align more closely with how hospitality businesses function in practice.

Liberis CEO Rob Fairfield said: “Restaurants operate with little margin for delay, making access to capital a day-to-day operational concern rather than a strategic luxury.”

Deliveroo Capital will first become available to more than 5,000 of Deliveroo’s UK restaurant partners.

The programme will be extended to several thousand additional partners in the following weeks. The company then intends to open the scheme to retailers that trade on its platform.

Deliveroo Merchants' chief revenue officer and vice-president Rob Harris said: “Restaurants are constantly balancing operational pressures with the need to invest and grow, and our new partnership with Liberis offers a practical and accessible funding solution.”

Gourmet Sushi, which operates eight physical sites alongside its delivery-focused business, has already drawn on Deliveroo Capital during an initial test phase.