Tech Company Financing Transactions

Instacart Funding Round

On 7/10/2013, Instacart raised $8.5 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital, Canaan Partners and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/10/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,500,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Sequoia Capital (Lead Investor) (Michael Moritz)

Canaan Partners (Hrach Simonian)

private investors (Paul Buchheit)

Khosla Ventures

SV Angel

Proceeds Purpose
Instacart plans to use the proceeds of this round to fund expansion beyond San Francisco, with a goal of being in at least 10 major cities across the U.S. by the end of 2014.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Consumer
Mailing Address
420 Bryant St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Email Address
Overview
Get groceries delivered to your door in 1 hour. Shop online from stores.
Profile
Instacart LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Instacart Company Twitter Account
Company News
Instacart News
Facebook
Instacart on Facebook
YouTube
Instacart on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Apoorva Mehta
  Apoorva Mehta LinkedIn Profile  Apoorva Mehta Twitter Account  Apoorva Mehta News  Apoorva Mehta on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Ravi Gupta
  Ravi Gupta LinkedIn Profile  Ravi Gupta Twitter Account  Ravi Gupta News  Ravi Gupta on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Udi Nir
  Udi Nir LinkedIn Profile  Udi Nir Twitter Account  Udi Nir News  Udi Nir on Facebook
VP - General Counsel
Nikhil Shanbhag
  Nikhil Shanbhag LinkedIn Profile  Nikhil Shanbhag Twitter Account  Nikhil Shanbhag News  Nikhil Shanbhag on Facebook


 

 

Browse more venture capital transactions:

Prev: 7/10/2013: Symplified venture capital transaction
Next: 7/10/2013: Zoomdata venture capital transaction

 

Share this article

 


Where The Data Comes From

We do our best to report on every notable VC transaction. VC transactions reported here are derived from publicly available VC deal announcements. The data comes to us via our partnership with VentureDeal.com, an affiliated venture.

 


Additional Resources for Entrepreneurs

Lists of Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms

Franchise Opportunities

Contributors

Business Glossary