Where does Ismaeel Bashir work?

Ismaeel Bashir is CEO of Expanse.

What companies did Ismaeel Bashir found?

Ismaeel Bashir founded Expanse.

Ismaeel Bashir

Founder

CEO at Expanse

United Kingdom

FoundedExpanse · YC

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About

Ismaeel Bashir is co-founder and CEO of Expanse. He previously worked on machine learning infrastructure at a quantitative trading firm and developed high-performance computing resource prediction tools at Edinburgh's Parallel Computing Centre. He studied Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.

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Intro paths

Ismaeel went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Expanse's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ismaeel can intro founders to Expanse's investors below.

Expanse's investors · 20

AIP SeedWarsaw · $250K checks Blast.Club$5.5M checks Crane Venture PartnersLondon · $750K – $3M checks CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019 General Advance IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2019 Msd CapitalNew York · since 2019 New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2019 Orange DAOSan Francisco PXN Ventures Ritual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checks RobinhoodMenlo Park Sandwith Ventures, LLC Scribble VenturesPortola Valley · $750K – $1.5M checks Standard CapitalSan Francisco Susa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks Team IgniteFolsom · $15M checks Twenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Expanse

Nikodem BieniekFounder

Yafet MelakeFounder

Eren MendiFounder

Matt KraningFounder

Tim JunioFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ismaeel Bashir?: Ismaeel Bashir is co-founder and CEO of Expanse. He previously worked on machine learning infrastructure at a quantitative trading firm and developed high-performance computing resource prediction tools at Edinburgh's Parallel Computing Centre. He studied Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.
Where does Ismaeel Bashir work?: Ismaeel Bashir is CEO of Expanse.
What companies did Ismaeel Bashir found?: Ismaeel Bashir founded Expanse.

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