Instacart | Andreessen Horowitz

Jeff Jordan reminisces about his decision to back the start-up Instacart, as the grocery giant prepares to go public.

Instacart | Andreessen Horowitz Consumer Instacart Jeff Jordan Posted September 19, 2023 Subscribe Share Share Email X LinkedIn Facebook Hacker News WhatsApp Flipboard Reddit Share Share Email X LinkedIn Facebook Hacker News WhatsApp Flipboard Reddit Investing in Instacart was perhaps the hardest decision I had to make as a venture capitalist. It was April 2014, and the company was raising its Series B. And by the time we saw the pitch, they already had multiple term sheets. We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the o

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