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Aman Agarwal

Founder

Founder/CEO at Novaflow

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedNovaflow Β· YC

About

Aman Agarwal is a computational biologist with research published in major peer-reviewed journals and prior experience in vaccine development.

Founder/CEO at NovaflowYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Aman went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future β€” the partner who ran Novaflow's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Aman can intro founders to Novaflow's investors below.

Novaflow's investors Β· 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2025

Co-founders at Novaflow

ABAmulya Balakrishnan
Amulya BalakrishnanFounder/ CTO

Experience

  1. NovaflowCEO & Co-foundercurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiBioinformatician II2022 β€” 2025New York, New York, United States
  3. Scale AIPrompt Engineer2024 β€” 2025New York, New York, United States
  4. Vaxart, Inc.Computational Biologist2022 β€” 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Stergachis Lab at UWComputational Biologist2021 β€” 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
  6. Neumaier Group at Harborview Medical CenterUndergraduate Research Assistant2019 β€” 2021Seattle, Washington
  7. ArzedaLab Aide2019 β€” 2020Seattle, Washington

Skills & more

Cancer Genomics2RNAseq Analysis2ChIP-seq1Computational BiologyR (Programming Language)NGSHigh Performance Computing (HPC)LinuxLeadership1Public Speaking1Critical ThinkingMicrosoft Office
+12 moreMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointProblem SolvingPython (Programming Language)NumPyMatplotlibShell ScriptingMachine LearningScikit-LearnImmunohistochemistryBioinformatics

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Aman Agarwal?
Aman Agarwal is a computational biologist with research published in major peer-reviewed journals and prior experience in vaccine development.
Where does Aman Agarwal work?
Aman Agarwal is Founder/CEO of Novaflow.
What companies did Aman Agarwal found?
Aman Agarwal founded Novaflow.
Where did Aman Agarwal go to school?
Aman Agarwal studied at Y Combinator; University of Washington (Bachelor of Science - BS, Neuroscience); University of Washington (Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature).

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University of Washington mafia165

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Arzeda mafia3

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Shared employers

Also worked at Novaflow1

Amulya BalakrishnanFounder/ CTO at Novaflow

Also worked at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai20

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