Instacart is the first notable venture-backed tech company to hit the U.S. public market since December 2021.
The grocery delivery company, once valued at $39 billion, has a fully diluted valuation of about $14 billion at its opening price.shares popped 40% in their Nasdaq debut on Tuesday, opening at $42, after the grocery-delivery company's long-awaited IPO. The offering late Monday at $30 a share valued Instacart at about $10 billion on a fully diluted basis, down from a private market valuation ofat the height of the Covid pandemic in early 2021. The opening price lifted its valuation to about $14 billion.
Instacart is the first notable venture-backed company in the U.S. to go public since December 2021, and its performance is being closely tracked by venture firms and late-stage startups that have been waiting for investors' risk appetite to return. The Nasdaq has rebounded this year after a dismal 2022, but companies that went public before the downturn are still trading at a steep discount to their peak prices. Software developer Klaviyo is expected to hit the market soon.
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