About
Abdul Basharat is cofounder and CEO of Cartage. He trained as a military pilot before moving into management consulting, subsequently served as product lead for network and product-led growth at Rose Rocket (a Y Combinator-backed trucking ERP), and helped develop a B2B platform at Pathstream from early stage.
Founder at CartageYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Abdul went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Cartage's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Abdul can intro founders to Cartage's investors below.
Cartage's investors · 5
Co-founders at Cartage
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Josh LampenFounder
Experience
- CartageCEO, Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PathstreamProduct Manager2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Rose RocketProduct Manager2020 — 2022Toronto
- McKinsey & CompanyAnalyst2019Hong Kong
- Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennesPilot2015 — 2017Canada
Skills & more
Microsoft Word6Microsoft Office7Microsoft Excel1Leadership31Teamwork29Management16Human Factors15Event Planning9First Aid9Aviation10Strategic Planning5Social Media2
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TeachingCustomer ServiceTeam LeadershipPublic SpeakingTeam BuildingTrainingSlap CupInstitutional ResearchWritten CommunicationAnalytical SkillsCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsLanguages English (Native) · French (B2) · Spanish (A2) · Urdu/Hindi (Native)
- Military Officer Qualification (BMOQ) — Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes
- Search & Rescue, CPR, First Aid — St. John Ambulance Canada | Ambulance Saint-Jean
- Private Pilot's License — Transport Canada - Transports Canada
From Abdul's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Abdul Basharat?
- Abdul Basharat is cofounder and CEO of Cartage. He trained as a military pilot before moving into management consulting, subsequently served as product lead for network and product-led growth at Rose Rocket (a Y Combinator-backed trucking ERP), and helped develop a B2B platform at Pathstream from early stage.
- Where does Abdul Basharat work?
- Abdul Basharat is Founder of Cartage.
- What companies did Abdul Basharat found?
- Abdul Basharat founded Cartage.
- Where did Abdul Basharat go to school?
- Abdul Basharat studied at Y Combinator (S24); HEC Paris (Master in Management - CEMS Dual Degree); Ivey Business School at Western University (Master of Science - MS, Management).
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