Fundraising Fox

Fahim Ferdous

Founder

Founder at Cabal Β· Founder at AdQuick

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

FoundedAdQuickCabal Β· YC

About

Fahim Ferdous previously worked at AdQuick, Instacart, and Yammer.

Founder at CabalYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Fahim went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) 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 Cabal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Fahim can intro founders to Cabal's investors below.

Cabal's investors Β· 7

Craft VenturesSan Francisco Β· $50K – $50M checksDay One VenturesSan Francisco Β· $100K – $5M checksFuture AfricaLagos Β· $100K – $500K checksGTMfundScottsdale Β· $500K – $1.5M checksMaC Venture CapitalLos Angeles Β· $500K – $2M checksShrug CapitalSunnyvale Β· $100K – $3M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2021

Founder at AdQuick

Intro paths

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In turn, Fahim can intro founders to AdQuick's investors below.

AdQuick's investors Β· 10

Calm VenturesSan FranciscoEarl Grey CapitalAustinEudemian VenturesSan FranciscoInitialized CapitalSan Francisco Β· $1M – $5M checks Β· since 2024Operator StackSouth Lake TahoeShrug CapitalSunnyvale Β· $100K – $3M checks Β· since 2024Team Ignite VenturesTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundSan Francisco Β· $300K – $500K checksVTF CapitalLas Vegas Β· $300K – $2M checksWndrCoRedwood City Β· $100K – $10M checks Β· since 2024

Co-founders at AdQuick

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Connor BurdenFounder

Experience

  1. AdQuickCo-Foundercurrent2016 β€” presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. AdQuickCo-Founder, CTO2016 β€” 2019Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  3. NoScrubsAdvisorcurrent2025 β€” present
  4. EliotNestAdvisor2025New York, United States
  5. LuminaInvestor2024
  6. CabalCo-Founder, CTO2020 β€” 2023
  7. InstacartSenior Engineer2015 β€” 2016
  8. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer (via Yammer acq)2013 β€” 2014San Francisco, CA
  9. CurrentHipHopFounder2009 β€” 2014
  10. NYU School of Medicine, Center for Health and Human RightsDeveloper2007 β€” 2009
  11. eVIPListWeb Developer2008 β€” 2009

Skills & more

Ruby21Ruby on Rails33JavaScript21Git16LAMP7jQuery7MySQL5Web Development17MongoDB4Web Applications4RSpec2PHP2
+9 moreHTML 5Software DevelopmentTest Driven DevelopmentObjective-CAmazon Web Services (AWS)UbuntuCSSiOS developmentApache

From Fahim's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Fahim Ferdous?
Fahim Ferdous previously worked at AdQuick, Instacart, and Yammer.
Where does Fahim Ferdous work?
Fahim Ferdous is Founder of AdQuick and Founder at Cabal.
What companies did Fahim Ferdous found?
Fahim Ferdous founded AdQuick, Cabal.
Where did Fahim Ferdous go to school?
Fahim Ferdous studied at Penn State University (Computer Science); Bronx High School of Science.

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Shared employers

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