Khosla Ventures Joins YC VC Program As Investor And Advisor

Khosla Ventures has joined Y Combinator’s YC VC Program, reports Silicon Valley Business Journal.  This new involvement by Khosla Ventures replaces Yuri Milner in YC VC.  I mentioned Vinod Khosla this past November (Soylent Is A Nutritious Meal-Replacement Shake Mix And Experiment In Food Engineering By Startups).  The addition of Khosla Ventures as an advisor offers some refreshing implications […]

New Markets Funded By Y Combinator

With each successive round, Y Combinator frequently funds new markets of startups that solve existing problems for other YC companies and the greater startup ecosystem.  I’ve recently been able to identify sixteen such companies in five new markets.

Companies

General Description
Instacart

Batch:
ycs12

Location:

CrunchBase:
instacart

Hacker News:
apoorvamehta

Status:
live

Market:
logistics, shipping, and warehousing
Instacart is like an Amazon.com with a 1 hour delivery. Currently focusing on basics and groceries, the company is looking to expand to other verticals very soon.