Instacart Announces Partnership With Target and Expands One-Hour Grocery Delivery Service Into Minneapolis

Instacart Announces Partnership With Target and Expands One-Hour Grocery Delivery Service Into Minneapolis

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/15/15 — (), the fast-growing service whose personal shoppers hand pick and deliver items from trusted local stores, announced a partnership with Target, the second-largest general merchandise retailer in the United States. Starting today, customers in parts of the Minneapolis area can order food, household, health and beauty, pet and baby products from Target and have them delivered straight to their doorstep in as little as one hour."Target want

Grocery Delivery Service Instacart Extends Employee Option to Its Independent Contractors in Houston and Austin, Texas

Grocery Delivery Service Instacart Extends Employee Option to Its Independent Contractors in Houston and Austin, Texas

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 07/20/15 — (), the fast-growing service whose personal shoppers hand pick and deliver items from trusted local stores, announced today that it is now offering its contractor in-store shoppers in Houston and Austin, Texas, the option of applying for new employee roles with expanded responsibilities. Currently, Instacart has several hundred in-store shoppers across Houston and Austin, embedded in retail partner stores.The employee option already exists for

One-Hour Grocery Delivery Service Instacart Closes $220M Series C Round of Financing Led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

One-Hour Grocery Delivery Service Instacart Closes $220M Series C Round of Financing Led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 01/13/15 — (), the fast-growing service whose Personal Shoppers hand pick and deliver items from trusted local stores, today announced that it has closed a $220M round of Series C financing led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). Other participants in the round include Comcast Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, Thrive Capital, Valiant Capital and previous investors Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and Sequoia. This brings Instacart–s