Instacart
Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup
What they do
Busy consumers need a convenient way to get groceries and household essentials without spending time traveling to and shopping in stores.
Instacart provides an online marketplace and fulfillment platform that enables same-day grocery delivery and pickup from partnered retailers via a network of shoppers.
Consumers and families in the U.S. and Canada who want grocery delivery or pickup from local retailers.
Founders
Apoorva Mehta is an Indian-born American entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Chairman of the San Francisco-based on-demand online grocery shop 'Instacart.' Apoorva co-founded this venture along with Max Mullen and Brandon Leonardo in 2012. An engineering graduate from the 'University of Waterloo,' Apoorva worked for companies such as 'Blackberry,' ‘Qualcomm,’ and 'Amazon,' before he became an entrepreneur.
Brandon is currently Grocery Hacker and a Co-Founder of Instacart, the same-day grocery delivery service. Brandon built the early versions of the Instacart app, and now leads the Engineering team that works on Growth. Prior to joining Instacart, Brandon held senior engineering roles at a number of other startups including AngelList, Webs and StartupBus. He holds a BS in Computer Science from SJSU and currently lives in Redwood City.
Max is the Co-Founder of Instacart. He started the company with two co-founders in 2012. Previously, he's worked for several startups including Schematic, an award-winning interactive agency which was acquired by WPP. Max is originally from Los Angeles where he graduated from the University of Southern California, studying entrepreneurship and cinematic arts.
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Company timeline
- Founded2012
- YC batchSummer 2012
- StatusPublic
- Team size3000 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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