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, General Partner at Y Combinator 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.
Experience
- AdQuickCo-Foundercurrent2016 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- AdQuickCo-Founder, CTO2016 β 2019Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- NoScrubsAdvisorcurrent2025 β present
- EliotNestAdvisor2025New York, United States
- LuminaInvestor2024
- CabalCo-Founder, CTO2020 β 2023
- InstacartSenior Engineer2015 β 2016
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer (via Yammer acq)2013 β 2014San Francisco, CA
- CurrentHipHopFounder2009 β 2014
- NYU School of Medicine, Center for Health and Human RightsDeveloper2007 β 2009
- eVIPListWeb Developer2008 β 2009
Education
- Penn State UniversityComputer Science2007 β 2010
- Bronx High School of Science2003 β 2007
Skills & more
Ruby21Ruby on Rails33JavaScript21Git16LAMP7jQuery7MySQL5Web Development17MongoDB4Web Applications4RSpec2PHP2
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HTML 5Software DevelopmentTest Driven DevelopmentObjective-CAmazon Web Services (AWS)UbuntuCSSiOS developmentApacheFrom Fahim's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
Penn State University mafia30
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Joe BergInformation Sciences and TechnologyFounded ColossusJim EveringhamComputer ScienceFounded LightsparkAsh AshutoshMastersFounded PineconeQueen Chinyere QuinnB.A.Founded FraymDavid RusenkoBSFounded WeeblyMatt BrezinaB.S.Founded Xobni
+ 23 more
Instacart mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Aamir PoonawallaTechnical LeadFounded Understudy Labs +1Jake SeipSenior Product Manager, New VerticalsFounded Aero +1Quentin RousseauSenior Reliability EngineerFounded Rootly +1Lev KokotovSenior Software EngineerFounded PostgresML +1Jesse RobbinsStrategic AdvisorFounded ChefDayton ThorpeSenior Data ScientistFounded Mercator
+ 15 more
Bronx High School of Science mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Penn State University170
Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at RevolutionFallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital PartnersCristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire VenturesNick DolikInvestor at 8VCRobert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion CapitalTony ThomasVenture Partner at Lux Capital
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Also attended Bronx High School of Science9
Rich GerstenCo-Founder & Managing Partner at True Beauty VenturesStephen SnyderManaging Director, Head of Operations & Partnerships at JetBlue VenturesSajal SrivastavaCo-CEO & Co-Founder at TriplePoint CapitalZach FredericksPrincipal at Primary Venture PartnersSamir KumarGeneral Partner at Touring CapitalDaniel AlvarezData Science Lead at UNICEF Innovation Fund
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Shared employers
Also worked at NoScrubs1
Also worked at EliotNest1
Also worked at Instacart42
Alex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVLily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek VenturesHrach SimonianAdvisor at Driven
+ 36 more
Also worked at Microsoft1,056
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures
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