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Badal Jain

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Founder at Layup

United States

FoundedLayup · YC

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About

Badal Jain is Co-Founder and CTO of Layup. He previously worked as a founding engineer at an early-stage startup and held engineering positions at Amazon and Nvidia.

Founder at LayupYC W23

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Badal went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Layup's investors · 9

Cerberus VenturesNew York · since 2026Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026FoundersXPalo AltoLeonis CapitalSan FranciscoLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2026Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSv Tech Ventures, Inc.Palo AltoTSVCSilicon Valley · $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Layup

RXRyan Xue
Ryan XueFounder, CEO
MLMichael Lemm
Michael LemmFounder
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Mike
B
Bads

Experience

  1. WhatfixPrincipal Engineercurrent2025 — present
  2. LayupCo-Founder & CTO (Acquired)2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Inference.ioFounding Engineer2021 — 2022Sunnyvale, California, United States
  4. AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2017 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
  5. NVIDIASoftware Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. NVIDIASoftware Development Intern2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Tata Consultancy ServicesSystems Engineer2012 — 2014

Skills & more

Software Design1Technical Direction2E-Commerce2Entrepreneurship2StartupsWeb ApplicationsSystems DesignFront-End DevelopmentBack-End Web DevelopmentDigital AuthenticationMicroservicesKubernetes
+12 moreDocumentationData PrivacySystem ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipCloud InfrastructureDistributed SystemsAPI DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentJSONGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)AWS LambdaAmazon S3

Languages English · hindi

  • Equity Derivatives: A Beginner's Module — NSE India
  • Financial Markets Beginner Module — NSE India

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Investments

Investor

Andco

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Badal Jain?
Badal Jain is Co-Founder and CTO of Layup. He previously worked as a founding engineer at an early-stage startup and held engineering positions at Amazon and Nvidia.
Where does Badal Jain work?
Badal Jain is Founder of Layup.
What companies did Badal Jain found?
Badal Jain founded Layup.
What companies has Badal Jain invested in?
Investments tracked here include Andco.
Where did Badal Jain go to school?
Badal Jain studied at Y Combinator (W'23); San José State University (Master of Science (MS), Computer Software Engineering); Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science).

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