Instacart

An online grocery marketplace that connects customers with retailers and independent shoppers for delivery and pickup orders. It also sells advertising to consumer brands and provides e-commerce and in-store technology to grocery retailers.

Consumer & mediaOnline grocery delivery marketplaceSan Francisco, United States
FoundersSince 2012
Valuation
$39B
Total raised
$2.9B
Last round · Sep 2023
Private placement
Founded
2012
Employees
3,600
Quarters in VP50
11

Valuation

$1B$10B2015201620172018201920202021$39B
Instacart priced rounds
RoundDatePost-money valuationRaisedLed by
Funding roundJan 2015$2.0B$220MKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Series DMar 7, 2017$3.4B$400MSequoia Capital
Series EFeb 12, 2018$4.2B$200MCoatue Management
Series E extensionApr 5, 2018$4.3B$150MCoatue Management
Series FOct 16, 2018$7.6B$600MD1 Capital Partners
Series F extensionNov 2018$7.9B$271MUnknown
Funding roundJun 11, 2020$14B$225MDST Global and General Catalyst
Funding roundOct 8, 2020$18B$200MD1 Capital Partners and Valiant Peregrine Fund
Funding roundMar 2, 2021$39B$265MUnknown
Post-money valuation at each priced round. Log scale.Hover a point for the round

Updated

In VP50

  1. Q4 2023: no place
  2. Q1 2024: no place
  3. Q2 2024: no place
  4. Q3 2024: no place
  5. Q4 2024: no place
  6. Q1 2025: no place
  7. Q2 2025: no place
  8. Q3 2025: no place
  9. Q4 2025: no place
  10. Q1 2026: no place
  11. Q2 2026: no place
  12. Q3 2026: no place
  13. Q4 2026: no place

Place by quarter since Q4 2023. Best place #5, in Q4 2020.

Funding rounds

DateRound · leadRaisedValuation
Sep 2023Private placement · PepsiCo, Inc.$175M—
Mar 2, 2021Funding round$265M$39B
Oct 8, 2020Funding round · D1 Capital Partners, Valiant Peregrine Fund$200M$18B
Jun 11, 2020Funding round · DST Global, General Catalyst$225M$14B
Nov 2018Series F extension$271M$7.9B
Oct 16, 2018Series F · D1 Capital Partners$600M$7.6B
Apr 5, 2018Series E extension · Coatue Management$150M$4.3B
Feb 12, 2018Series E · Coatue Management$200M$4.2B
Mar 7, 2017Series D · Sequoia Capital$400M$3.4B
Jan 2015Funding round · Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers$220M$2.0B
Jun 16, 2014Series B · Andreessen Horowitz$44M—
Jul 10, 2013Series A · Sequoia Capital$9M—
Oct 2012Seed$2M—

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