Updated with market reaction:Grocery delivery company Instacart today saw its shares soar 40% in their debut in the public market, a day after it raised $660 million in its initial public offering.The offering price of $30 a share topped an original guidance for $26 to $28 a share, but the shares opened trading at $42 a share, indicating avid interest by investors. The positive reception, which follows a big uptick in first-day trading by Arm Holdings Ltd. last week, signals a positive trend for IPOs, seen as one of the engines of the tech economy.Instacart selling 22 million shares to investors ahead of the float. Some 14

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Instacart, founded a little over 10 years ago, is a company that allows customers to order groceries on their connected devices to be delivered directly to their door.As e-commerce platforms grow