Instacart

About

Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.

San Francisco,California,United States
10001 - max
https://www.instacart.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Secondary Market
Industries: Delivery Service,E-Commerce,Grocery,Shopping
Founded date: Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee: 10001 - max
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Maplebear Inc.
Also Known As: Maplebear

Instacart is a grocery delivery startup that delivers in as short as an hour. It focuses on delivering groceries and home essentials, Instacart already has over 500,000 items from local stores in its catalog. Customers can choose from a variety of local stores including Safeway, Whole Foods, Super Fresh, Harris Teeter, Shaw's, Mariano's, Jewel-Osco, Stanley's, and Costco. Customers can mix items from multiple stores into one order. Instacart has raised funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, and Canaan Partners besides other participants.

Instacart was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

19

$2.91B

Instacart has raised a total of $2.91B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 1, 2021 from a Series Unknown round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Nov 1, 2021	Series Unknown	$232M	—	—	—	Detail
Sep 5, 2021	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail
Mar 2, 2021	Series Unknown	$265M	5	Andreessen Horowitz D1 Capital Partners Fidelity Management and Research Company Sequoia Capital T. Rowe Price	—	Detail
Oct 8, 2020	Series Unknown	$200M	2	D1 Capital Partners Valiant Peregrine Fund	—	Detail
Jul 3, 2020	Private Equity（PE）	$100M	1	T. Rowe Price	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

20

37

Instacart is funded by 37 investors. Andreessen Horowitz and D1 Capital Partners are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Andreessen Horowitz	Yes	Series Unknown
D1 Capital Partners	Yes	Series Unknown
Fidelity Management and Research Company	Yes	Series Unknown
Sequoia Capital	Yes	Series Unknown
T. Rowe Price	Yes	Series Unknown
Valiant Peregrine Fund	Yes	Series Unknown
DST Global	Yes	Series Unknown
General Catalyst	Yes	Series Unknown
Tiger Global Management	Yes	Series F
Whole Foods Market	Yes	Funding Round

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

77

Instacart has 77 current employee profiles, including Executive himani amoli

Executive

Executive

Executive

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Instacart has acquired 7 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Wedding Party on Aug 4, 2015. They acquired Wedding Party for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Aug 4, 2015 Wedding Party	E-Commerce	acquihire	—	Detail
Jan 16, 2018 Unata	Analytics	acquisition	—	Detail
Nov 5, 2018 MightySignal	Analytics	acquihire	—	Detail
Oct 7, 2021 FoodStorm	Catering	acquisition	—	Detail
Oct 19, 2021 Caper	Artificial Intelligence	acquisition	$ 350M	Detail