Brandon Leonardo
Unicorn founderFounder at Instacart
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedInstacart$39B · YC
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202 people in our graph share verified history with Brandon — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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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
- b•••@instacart.comreveal75% confident
Founder at InstacartYC S12
Intro paths
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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In turn, Brandon can intro founders to Instacart's investors below.
Instacart's investors · 36
A*San Francisco · $500K – $3M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBACKGROUND CAPITALMadison · $100K – $250K checksBase10 PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksBling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checksBright Pixel CapitalLisbonCanaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksComcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checksConnetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K checksElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksElectric Feel Ventures LlcMiamiEQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksG SquaredChicagoHaystackSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checksHivemind Capital PartnersNew YorkInvestXVancouverJack AltmanSan FranciscoKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksManhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkManta Ray VenturesLondonMantella Venture PartnersToronto · $730K checksNight CapitalCapitolaRizvi Traverse ManagementWest Palm Beach · $25M – $1B checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSV AngelSan FranciscoTCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checksUnanimous CapitalMenlo ParkUnilever VenturesLondon · $540K – $10.8M checksUpHonest CapitalSilicon Valley · $50K – $1M checksVelvet Sea VenturesWest Palm BeachY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012
Co-founders at Instacart
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Apoorva MehtaFounder & CEO
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Max MullenFounder
Experience
- InstacartCo-Foundercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StartupBusAdvisor2010 — 2013
- AngelListVenture Hacker2010 — 2011
- WebsSenior Developer2007 — 2010
- Cisco SystemsIT Engineer Intern2005 — 2006
Skills & more
Java6Ruby6Ruby on Rails30JavaScript21Spine.jsBackbone.js2jQuery8CoffeeScript2MongoDB1MySQL17CSS29HTML53
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GitMac OS XHTML 5SpringOS XUser ExperienceMobile ApplicationsStart-upsWeb ApplicationsLinuxFrom Brandon's professional profile.
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
Investors connected to Brandon in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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.
- 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).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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San José State University mafia51
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Alex FieldingFounded Privateer Space +2Samir KajiBachelorsFounded Allocate +1Narbeh DerhacobianMBAFounded Adesto Technologies +1Deny KhoungBFAFounded Standard MetricsRoger ThorntonMSFounded Witness aiRamin SayarMBAFounded Sumo Logic
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AngelList mafia35
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Oleg RogynskyyAngel InvestorFounded UFORCE Acquired +2Guillaume LuccisanoY Combinator Demo Day Fund ManagerFounded Yuma AI +2Harish AgarwalVenture HackerFounded Nori +2Jonathan AbramsEarly investor and advisorFounded Jabrams +1James LinHead of Candidate DataFounded Crunchyroll +1Drew WilsonDesignFounded Opacity +1
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Same school
Also attended San José State University222
Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalCarrie RuleVP Finance at Redpoint VenturesJamie WatsonGTM Coordinator at Scale Venture PartnersDeny KhoungPortfolio Support at 8VCKim TranFinance at Lux CapitalSathya ShanthakumarDirector of Investor Relations at 7wire Ventures
+ 216 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Instacart69
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVLily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek Ventures
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Also worked at StartupBus3
Also worked at AngelList80
Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesHelen MinEarly-stage investor and marketing advisor to startupsMehul KumarInvestor at FJ LabsBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpLee JacobsEntrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of Edelweiss
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