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Instacart and Amazon-owned Whole Foods are parting ways

sudshr47 December 13, 2018

You won’t be able to order Whole Foods groceries on Instacart soon.

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Farmstead is an ambitious grocery delivery startup with plans to defeat Instacart

sudshr47 December 6, 2018 Startups

The Y Combinator graduate has raised $2.2 million for its AI-powered Bay Area grocery delivery service.

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Khosla GP launches Bling Capital to help seed-stage startups build products

sudshr47 November 27, 2018

Ben Ling, a Khosla general partner until next month, is closing in on $60 million for his debut fund.

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Brex has partnered with WeWork, AWS and more for its new rewards program

sudshr47 October 31, 2018 Startups

Brex cardholders can now accrue and spend points on AWS, Twilio, SalesForce, WeWork, Instacart and more.

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Instacart raises another $600M at a $7.6B valuation

sudshr47 October 16, 2018 Startups

D1 Capital Partners has led the $600 million round for Instacart.

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Y Combinator is changing up the way it invests

sudshr47 September 28, 2018 Startups

To keep up with the growing sizes of early-stage funding rounds, Y Combinator announced this morning that it will increase the size of its investments to $150,000 for 7 percent equity starting with its winter 2019 batch. Based in Mountain View, Calif., YC funds and mentors hundreds of startups per year through its 12-week program that […]

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Waitrose switches up a gear to launch two-hour grocery deliveries in London

sudshr47 September 19, 2018

Up market UK supermarket chain Waitrose will start trialing two-hour or same day delivery options in certain London postcodes from tomorrow. It’s partnering with CitySprint Group courier delivery spin-out On the Dot for the deliveries which will be made by electric and hydrogen vans and push bikes and cargo bikes (billed as a zero-emission fleet). The […]

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Instacart expands ALDI partnership

sudshr47 September 18, 2018

After pilot programs in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and Chicago were “overwhelmingly positive,” per Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta’s statement, the grocery delivery service has decided to expand its partnership with U.S. grocer ALDI. As of Thanksgiving, Instacart users in 35 states and 5,000 ZIP codes will be able to fill their virtual carts with ALDI […]

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Instacart links up with Walmart Canada to expand its same-day delivery service

sudshr47 September 13, 2018

Instacart has teamed up with Walmart Canada to bring shoppers in Toronto and Winnipeg same-day grocery delivery. The agreement is part of a pilot program for the two companies that will allow Instacart users to order groceries from 17 different Walmart locations across the two cities. This is the first time shoppers in Winnipeg will […]

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Instacart brings on Mark Schaaf as Chief Technology Officer

sudshr47 September 11, 2018 Startups

Instacart has brought on Mark Schaaf as Chief Technology Officer. Schaaf previously held positions at AdMob, which was acquired by Google in 2009 for $750 million. From there, he went on to build and lead a team at Google within the mobile display ad business. In 2015, Schaaf left Google to join Thumbtack as CTO. […]

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Instacart’s chief growth officer Elliot Shmukler is leaving

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

Elliot Shmukler, who joined Instacart in 2016 to lead product, is leaving the company to pursue early-stage investments, TechCrunch has learned — and confirmed with the grocery delivery service. Shmukler was brought on as the company’s VP of product, but he’d recently transitioned into a new role, chief growth officer, before announcing his departure to […]

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The Amazonization of Whole Foods, one year in

sudshr47 September 1, 2018

Amazon promised to breathe new tech into the relationship with Whole Foods after putting a $13.7 billion ring on it one year ago. So how did that promise shake out? At the time, Amazon said the goal was to make “high-quality, natural and organic food affordable for everyone.” Bananas, avocados and even tilapia was going to be […]