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Apoorva Mehta

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  1. Y Combinator23 min

    Apoorva Mehta at Startup School NY 2014

    Apoorva Mehta

    Founded by former Amazon engineer Apoorva Mehta, the San Francisco-based platform Instacart operates as a software-only service connecting customers with crowdsourced shoppers to facilitate rapid grocery delivery without owning inventory or logistics infrastructure. The company validated its model through intense manual execution, including founder-led deliveries and manual store cataloging, which enabled admission to Y Combinator and fueled a twenty-week streak of 10% week-over-week growth. Today, Instacart serves ten U.S. cities with hundreds of thousands of dollars in daily revenue, having recently closed a $44 million funding round while solving complex operational challenges to offer same-day delivery for retail partners.

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