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Uber takes on Amazon, Instacart with new drug store delivery service in D.C.

Need some deodorant? Run out of contact lens solution? Uber has you covered. The transportation startup is testing out a new… Read More

Why groceries are an attractive online segment explained in two slides

This might be the explanation you’ve been waiting for if you’ve been wondering why Amazon and others are willing to invest… Read More

Instacart’s $44M funding round raises the stakes in grocery delivery

Grocery delivery service Instacart has raised a $44 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator President Sam Altman and Box CEO… Read More

Instacart challenges Amazon Fresh with Seattle grocery delivery, ordering from QFC and Costco

Get ready for the online grocery wars. Instacart, the San Francisco-based grocery delivery company founded by former Amazon engineer Apoorva… Read More

Ready for Webvan 2.0? Grocery service’s founder is taking another bite at the apple

Nobody would blame Webvan co-founder Louis Borders for staying away from the grocery delivery business. His company saw a meteoric… Read More

Amazon vet’s grocery delivery startup Instacart is coming to Seattle

Watch out, Amazon Fresh: a new competitor is heading into town. Instacart, the grocery delivery service that leverages the ‘sharing economy,’ is… Read More

Amazon Fresh rival Instacart stops Trader Joe’s delivery

Grocery delivery startup Instacart seemed to be well on its way to being a significant competitor with Amazon Fresh, but… Read More

Amazon Fresh competitor Instacart expands to Chicago

In the continuing game of Risk between grocery delivery services, Instacart, the San Francisco-based competitor for Amazon Fresh, has begun… Read More

Instacart adds $99 ‘express’ membership, fires another shot at Amazon Fresh

In the ongoing grocery delivery cold war between Instacart and Amazon, Instacart has fired another salvo, saying that they’re launching… Read More

Still recovering from ‘painful’ Webvan deal, Sequoia bets again on grocery delivery with $8.5M Instacart investment

You know what they say about history: “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Well, let’s hope that Sequoia… Read More

Q&A: Instacart CEO on competing with Amazon Fresh and the future of grocery shopping

While Amazon Fresh has been dominating the headlines lately, a San Francisco-based startup led by a former Amazon employee is… Read More

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