| Website | instacart.com |
| @Instacart | |
| Category | eCommerce |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Description | Instant grocery shopping |
| TOTAL | $2.3M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $2.3M |
| Venture Round, 10/12 Canaan Partners Khosla Ventures Alexis Ohanian | $2.3M |
Instacart (YC S12), is like an Amazon.com with a 1 hour delivery. Currently focusing on basics and groceries, the company is looking to expand to other verticals very soon.
Instacart already has over tens of thousands of items from local stores in it’s inventory. Customers can shop directly from their iPhones and get the items delivered to them. Customers also have a choice of 1 and 3 hour delivery times, for a flat fee of $9.99 and $3.99, respectively.
Instacart is currently live in San Francisco, Mountain View and Palo Alto, CA.