Fahim Ferdous
FounderBoard director at EliotNest · Founder at Cabal · Founder at AdQuick
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
FoundedAdQuickCabal · YC
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About
Fahim Ferdous previously worked at AdQuick, Instacart, and Yammer.
Board director at EliotNest
Founder at CabalYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Fahim went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — 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 — the partner who ran Cabal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Fahim can intro founders to Cabal's investors below.
Cabal's investors · 7
Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checksDay One VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksFuture AfricaLagos · $100K – $500K checksGTMfundScottsdale · $500K – $1.5M checksMaC Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checksShrug CapitalSunnyvale · $100K – $3M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · 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 · 10
Calm VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026Earl Grey CapitalAustin · since 2026Eudemian VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2024Operator StackSouth Lake Tahoe · since 2026Shrug CapitalSunnyvale · $100K – $3M checks · since 2024Team Ignite Venturessince 2026Todd and Rahul’s Angel FundSan Francisco · $300K – $500K checks · since 2026VTF CapitalLas Vegas · $300K – $2M checks · since 2026WndrCoRedwood City · $100K – $10M checks · since 2024
Co-founders at AdQuick
Experience
- AdQuickCo-Foundercurrent2016 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- AdQuickCo-Founder, CTO2016 — 2019Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- NoScrubsAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- EliotNestAdvisor2025New York, United States
- LuminaInvestor2024
- CabalCo-Founder, CTO2020 — 2023
- InstacartSenior Engineer2015 — 2016
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer (via Yammer acq)2013 — 2014San Francisco, CA
- CurrentHipHopFounder2009 — 2014
- NYU School of Medicine, Center for Health and Human RightsDeveloper2007 — 2009
- eVIPListWeb Developer2008 — 2009
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.
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 Board director at EliotNest 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.
Founder mafias
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Bronx High School of Science mafia8
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Cabal mafia2
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Rich GerstenCo-Founder & Managing Partner at True Beauty VenturesStephen SnyderManaging Director, Head of Operations & Partnerships at JetBlue VenturesMichael TingVice President, Capital Formation & Investor Relations at Moderne VenturesMelissa WongTSG Vantage Team at TSG Consumer PartnersSajal SrivastavaCo-CEO & Co-Founder at TriplePoint CapitalZach FredericksPrincipal at Primary Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at AdQuick2
Also worked at NoScrubs1
Also worked at EliotNest1
Also worked at Instacart69
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAlex 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 Ventures
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