Max Mullen
Unicorn founderFounder at Instacart
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $25K – $500K checks · typically $200K
FoundedInstacart$39B · YC
About
Max Mullen co-founded Instacart, where he worked on scaling the company and led its culture and employee experience teams. As a startup investor, he has backed founders of more than 100 companies, including Checkr, Deel, Gumloop, Lattice, Mercury, Newfront, and Owner.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- m•••@instacart.comreveal75% confident
Founder at InstacartYC S12
Intro paths
Max went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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 ↗
In turn, Max can intro founders to Instacart's investors below.
Instacart's investors · 36
Co-founders at Instacart

Experience
- InstacartCo-Foundercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Location Labs by AvastProduct2011 — 2012
- VollyFounder & CEO2010 — 2011
- SchematicDirector, Client Services2006 — 2010
- SchematicSystems Engineer2004 — 2006
Skills & more
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User Interface DesignIntegrated MarketingAgile Project ManagementStrategic PartnershipsDigital MarketingE-commerceMobile MarketingStrategySaaSFrom Max's professional profile.
Network11
Investors connected to Max in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Max Mullen?
- Max Mullen co-founded Instacart, where he worked on scaling the company and led its culture and employee experience teams. As a startup investor, he has backed founders of more than 100 companies, including Checkr, Deel, Gumloop, Lattice, Mercury, Newfront, and Owner.
- Where does Max Mullen work?
- Max Mullen is Founder of Instacart.
- What check size does Max Mullen write?
- Max Mullen typically writes checks of $25K – $500K.
- What companies did Max Mullen found?
- Max Mullen founded Instacart.
- Where did Max Mullen go to school?
- Max Mullen studied at University of Southern California (B.S., Business Administration - Entrepreneurship).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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University of Southern California mafia137
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Instacart54
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