Founder Profile
Apoorva Mehta
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Apoorva Mehta?
Apoorva Mehta is a founder of Maplebear Inc. (Instacart), which was founded in 2012 with Max Mullen and Brandon Leonardo.
- Company founded
- Maplebear Inc. (Instacart)
- Founded
- 2012
- Co-founders
- Max Mullen and Brandon Leonardo
Background
Engineer with supply chain experience at Amazon and earlier roles at Blackberry and Qualcomm.
Founding Story
Apoorva Mehta co-founded Instacart in 2012 after working as a supply chain engineer at Amazon and trying roughly 20 earlier startup ideas. He wrote the first version of the app, made early deliveries himself, and served as CEO until 2021, guiding the company through the pandemic surge. He stepped back from the board before the 2023 IPO and later started a new venture.
Apoorva Mehta was born in 1986.
Mehta was born in 1986 and is Canadian-American. He also founded Cloud Health Systems.