>>> Instacart (NasdaqGS) parent company Maplebear files S-1 for IPO; size and pr

Instacart (NasdaqGS) parent company Maplebear files S-1 for IPO; size and pricing not yet disclosed
  • Has applied to list common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "CART."
  • Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan will act as lead book-running managers for the proposed offering. BofA Securities, Barclays, and Citigroup will act as additional book-running managers, Baird, JMP Securities, A Citizens Company, LionTree, Oppenheimer & Co., Piper Sandler, SoFi, Stifel, Blaylock Van, LLC, Drexel Hamilton, Loop Capital Markets, R. Seelaus & Co., LLC, Ramirez & Co., Inc., Stern, and Tigress Financial Partners will act as co-managers for the proposed offering.
  • Key financials:
    • Orders grew from 223.4 million in 2021 to 262.6 million in 2022, an increase of 18%, and remained consistent from 132.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to 132.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023;
    • GTV grew from $24,909 million in 2021 to $28,826 million in 2022, an increase of 16%, and from $14,356 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to $14,937 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, an increase of 4%;
    • Total revenue grew from $1,834 million in 2021 to $2,551 million in 2022, an increase of 39%, and from $1,126 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to $1,475 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, an increase of 31%;
    • Net income (loss) improved from $(73) million in 2021 to $428 million in 2022 (including a $358 million tax benefit from the release of our valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets in the United States) and grew as a percent of GTV from (0.3)% in 2021 to 1.5% in 2022, and from $(74) million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to $242 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and grew as a percent of GTV from (0.5)% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to 1.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2023. We have a history of losses and have only recently began generating profit, and as of June 30, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $735 million; and
    • Adjusted EBITDA grew as a percent of GTV from 0.1% in 2021 to 0.6% in 2022, and Adjusted EBITDA margin grew from 2% in 2021 to 7% in 2022, and from (0.1)% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to 1.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and (2)% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to 19% for the six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, demonstrating significant operating leverage.
  • Per the filing, "We have entered into an agreement with PepsiCo,Inc. (PEP) pursuant to which PepsiCo, Inc. has agreed to purchase $175 million of our Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock, or the Series A Preferred Stock, in a private placement. The Series A Preferred Stock will have a conversion price equal to the initial public offering price and will be redeemable or convertible under certain circumstances...
  • Norges Bank Investment Management, a division of Norges Bank, and entities affiliated with TCV, Sequoia Capital, D1 Capital Partners, L.P., and Valiant Capital Management, which we refer to collectively as the cornerstone investors, have indicated an interest, severally and not jointly, in purchasing shares of common stock in an aggregate amount of up to approximately $400 million in this offering at the initial public offering price per share and on the same terms as the other purchasers in this offering."
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