# Instacart funding: rounds and investors > Instacart has raised $2.1B across 11 rounds since 2012. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/instacart (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Growth startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Instacart* 11 rounds we have observed, with the 28 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. B2C Internet Valuation: $39B, Apr 2022 Y Combinator: S12 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$2.1B** raised across 11 rounds since 2012, from 11 sources **$2.3M** Seed **$8.5M** Series A **$44M** Series B **$220M** Series C **$400M** Series D **$200M** Series E **$150M** Series E **$600M** Round **$271M** Round **$232M** Growth - **Latest round:** Growth, $232M Nov 2021 - **Biggest round:** $600M Round · Oct 2018 - **Investors:** 28 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 **?** Seed **$2.3M** Seed **$8.5M** Series A **$44M** Series B **$220M** Series C **$400M** Series D **$200M** Series E **$150M** Series E **$232M** Growth - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $600M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2021** Growth **$232M** *1 new* *5 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Source recorded - **Nov 2018** Round **$271M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) Valiant Reported by Reuters - **Oct 2018** Round **$600M** *1 new* [D1 Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/d1-capital-partners) Reported by FinSMEs - **Apr 2018** Series E **$150M** *1 returning* [Coatue Management/ Glade Brook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management-glade-brook) Reported by Axios - **Feb 2018** Series E **$200M** *1 new* [Coatue Management/ Glade Brook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management-glade-brook) Reported by FinSMEs - **Mar 2017** Series D **$400M** *4 new* *5 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital) Sequoia Capital/ Wellcome Trust Valiant Reported by FinSMEs - **Dec 2014** Series C **$220M** *5 new* *3 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) [Valiant Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valiant-capital-partners) From a historical funding record - **Jun 2014** Series B **$44M** *4 new* *3 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) [American Express Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-express-ventures) [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie) From a historical funding record - **Jul 2013** Series A **$8.5M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Reported by finsmes.com - **Oct 2012** Seed **$2.3M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Alexis Ohanian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian) Reported by pevc.dowjones.com - **Jun 2012** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series B** 2014 **Series C** 2014 **Series D** 2017 **Series E** 2018 **Series E** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Growth** 2021 [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) [Coatue Management/ Glade Brook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management-glade-brook) ## Everyone who backed them [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **6** rounds [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **4** rounds [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **4** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **3** rounds [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **3** rounds [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) VC firm **2** rounds [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **2** rounds [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) VC firm **2** rounds [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Family office **2** rounds [Coatue Management/ Glade Brook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management-glade-brook) Growth equity **2** rounds Valiant no record of our own yet **2** rounds [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) VC firm **1** round [Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) VC firm **1** round [Alexis Ohanian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian) Angel **1** round [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Angel **1** round [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital) Accelerator **1** round [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) Angel **1** round [American Express Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-express-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Dragoneer Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragoneer-investment-group) Private equity **1** round [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie) VC firm **1** round [D1 Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/d1-capital-partners) Hedge fund **1** round [Valiant Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valiant-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round Sequoia Capital/ Wellcome Trust no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=instacart). ## Also claim to have backed them These 14 firms list Instacart as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm Per its own site [François Derbaix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/francois-derbaix) VC firm Per its own site [Sidekick Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sidekick-partners) VC firm Per its own site [301](https://millionrounds.com/fund/301) Corporate VC Per its own site [Max Mullen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/max-mullen) Angel Per its own site [Tuhaye Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tuhaye-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Richmond View Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richmond-view-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Rizvi Traverse Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rizvi-traverse-management) Growth equity Per its own site [Avenue Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avenue-growth-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site [GPI Global Partners Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gpi-global-partners-investments) Investment firm Per its own site [Maxime Paradis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maxime-paradis) Angel Per its own site [Superposition Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/superposition-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Unanimous Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unanimous-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Instacart ### Who invested in Instacart? Instacart's investors include Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator and Canaan, and 23 more on record. ### How much has Instacart raised? Instacart has raised $2.1B across 11 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Instacart last raise? Instacart's most recent round was a Growth of $232M in Nov 2021. ### What was Instacart's biggest round? Instacart's largest round on record is $600M (Undisclosed round), in Oct 2018. ### Who backed Instacart first? Instacart's first round on record, in Jun 2012, was backed by Y Combinator. ### What stage is Instacart at? Instacart's latest named round is a Growth, in Nov 2021. ### Where is Instacart based? Instacart is based in the United States. ## Companies like Instacart In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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