Apoorva Mehta (born 1986) is a billionaire Canadian-American businessman and the founder of Instacart and Cloud Health Systems.
[1][2] As of September 2023 he had a net worth of $1.3 billion, owing to his 10% ownership share of Instacart and his stake in Cloud Health Systems.
[4][5] Failed businesses included an advertising startup for gaming companies and a social network for lawyers.
He eventually got a meeting by using the Instacart mobile app to deliver a six-pack of beer from 21st Amendment Brewery to a Y Combinator partner[8] and was admitted to the summer of 2012 batch.
[7][10] Y Combinator helped Mehta raise $2.3 million in funding[8] and enabled him to meet his two co-founders, Max Mullen and Brandon Leonardo.