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Brandon Leonardo

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Instacart

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedInstacart$39B · YC

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About

Brandon Leonardo is a co-founder of Instacart, a grocery shopping platform. His work at the company spans areas including engineering, business development, marketing, and management.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at InstacartYC S12

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YC

Brandon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Instacart's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Instacart's investors · 61

A*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checksAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2021Avenue Growth PartnersWashingtonBACKGROUND CAPITALMadison · $100K – $250K checksBase10 PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksBEENEXTSingaporeBling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checksBond Capital ManagementSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checksBright Pixel CapitalMaiaCanaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2018Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checksComcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checksConnetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K checksDST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand CaymanElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksElectric Feel Ventures LlcMiamiEmpede CapitalTortolaEQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2021FJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksFundersClubSan Francisco · $290K checksG SquaredChicagoGCM GrosvenorChicagoGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksGeneral MillsMinneapolisGlade Brook Capital PartnersGreenwich · since 2018HaystackSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checksHivemind Capital PartnersNew YorkInitialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksInvestXVancouverJack AltmanSan FranciscoJDACSingaporeKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $20M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksManhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkManta Ray VenturesLondonMantella Venture PartnersToronto · $730K checksMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksMicroVenturesAustin · $150K – $1M checksNight CapitalCapitolaPegasus Tech VenturesSan JoseRizvi Traverse ManagementWest Palm Beach · $25M – $1B checksSEI VenturesOaks · since 2026Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks · since 2021Sidekick PartnersStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2021TCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checksThrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checksUnanimous CapitalMenlo ParkUnilever VenturesLondon · $540K – $10.8M checksUpHonest CapitalSilicon Valley · $50K – $1M checksVelvet Sea VenturesWest Palm BeachVenture Investment AssociatesPeapackWellcome TrustLondonWillowTree VenturesRye · $500K – $3M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Instacart

AMApoorva Mehta
Apoorva MehtaFounder
MMMax Mullen
Max MullenFounder

Experience

  1. InstacartCo-Foundercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. StartupBusAdvisor2010 — 2013
  3. AngelListVenture Hacker2010 — 2011
  4. WebsSenior Developer2007 — 2010
  5. Cisco SystemsIT Engineer Intern2005 — 2006

Skills & more

Java6Ruby6Ruby on Rails30JavaScript21Spine.jsBackbone.js2jQuery8CoffeeScript2MongoDB1MySQL17CSS29HTML53
+10 moreGitMac OS XHTML 5SpringOS XUser ExperienceMobile ApplicationsStart-upsWeb ApplicationsLinux

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Investments

Per curated public sources.

Network9

Alfred ChuangScout
General Partner at Race Capital
Jack AltmanScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Julie YooScout
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Oliver CameronScout
Angel
Greg Rosen
Partner at BoxGroup
Max Mullen
Investor at Instacart
Natalie Vais
Investor at Spark Capital
Rafael Corrales
Investor at BACKGROUND CAPITAL
Sarah Catanzaro
General Partner at Amplify Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brandon Leonardo?
Brandon Leonardo is a co-founder of Instacart, a grocery shopping platform. His work at the company spans areas including engineering, business development, marketing, and management.
Where does Brandon Leonardo work?
Brandon Leonardo is Founder of Instacart.
What check size does Brandon Leonardo write?
Brandon Leonardo typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Brandon Leonardo found?
Brandon Leonardo founded Instacart.
What companies has Brandon Leonardo invested in?
Investments tracked here include BuildScience, Cabal, Orchestra, Shef.
Where did Brandon Leonardo go to school?
Brandon Leonardo studied at San José State University (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Minor Math, Minor Business Administration).

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