Instacart, the grocery delivery company, has filed for an IPO, reporting profitable quarters and revenue of $716 million, with plans to create an omnichannel experience merging online and in-store shopping.
Main topic: Grocery delivery company Instacart and marketing and data automation startup Klaviyo file IPO plans in 2023.
Key points:
1. Instacart has experienced fluctuations in valuation but reveals profitability with $1.48 billion in revenue in H1 2023.
2. Klaviyo is profitable, with a 51% increase in revenue in the most recent quarter.
3. Both companies are seen as potential indicators of a rebound in the startup IPO market.
Instacart's IPO filing reveals the company's profitability in 2022, driven by increased productivity through batching orders, although gig workers have reported doing more work for the same pay.
Grocery delivery startup Instacart, data and marketing automation company Klaviyo, and chip designer Arm have filed for stock market debuts, representing a test of the excitement level among public market investors for new opportunities and potentially encouraging other companies to go public in the fourth quarter.
Instacart, an online grocery delivery service, is planning to go public in a slow IPO market, but an analyst from Gordon Haskett expresses concerns.
Instacart is aiming to go public at a valuation between $8.6 billion and $9.3 billion, marking a significant change from its previous valuation, as it looks to reignite the IPO market.
Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are expected to face significant losses on their investment in Instacart, as the company plans to sell shares at a valuation that is more than 75% below the price at which the venture firms invested.
Instacart is set to debut its IPO on Tuesday, raising questions about whether its stock will soar or plummet.
U.S. stocks remained stable as investors anticipated the outcome of the Federal Reserve's September meeting, while the pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell due to various negative factors including the departure of Lonza's CEO and Societe Generale's cost-cutting plans; in other news, Instacart priced its IPO at $30 per share, valuing the company at around $10 billion, and strikes in the U.S. have caused the highest number of lost labor hours in decades.
Online grocery delivery business Instacart saw a 43% jump in its Nasdaq trading debut, valuing the company at around $11bn, as it continues to expand beyond its core business of grocery delivery into advertising and technology services.
Starbucks shares fall 2% after a downgrade, while Instacart's stock pops about 12.3% upon its debut on the public market.
Instacart shares fall 5% as the grocery delivery app struggles to maintain strong gains on debut amid concerns of inflation and higher interest rates.
Instacart shares fall after going public, Steelcase soars on strong earnings, Klaviyo jumps after IPO, Bausch Health surges on upgraded rating, Stellantis sees sales growth in Europe, Pinterest rallies on revenue growth expectations, Coty raises full-year outlook, Zebra Technologies downgraded, Textron signs deal with NetJets, Chewy downgraded on pet category weakness, and various other companies see stock movements.
Instacart's stock price is falling on its second day of trading as an analyst raises concerns about competitive pressures.
Instacart's stock falls below its IPO price, reflecting investor disappointment with the grocery-delivery company and other recent tech stocks.
Instacart's IPO marks a significant moment for the tech industry and its employees, attracting attention from other late-stage tech firms as a gauge for the openness of the IPO market.
Instacart stock is facing challenges and falling below its IPO price due to concerns raised by Wall Street analysts about the company's future prospects.