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Julian Rowlands

Founder

Founder at Cashboard

New York, New York, United States

FoundedCashboard Β· YC

About

Julian Rowlands studied history at Rutgers and earned an MBA from Chicago Booth. He spent three years working across Africa and Asia in finance roles before starting Cashboard in 2022, where he has raised funding from prominent investors including Accel, Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins, and Y Combinator.

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Julian @julian_rowlands

just $14bn????? https://t.co/qHhYdUQrWK

Sep 25, 2025

Julian @julian_rowlands

baseball has an amazing history of people getting advantages by fucking with the gear within the letter of the law (see: spitballs) https://t.co/qzioTleRhx

Apr 1, 2025

Founder at CashboardYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Julian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Cashboard's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Julian can intro founders to Cashboard's investors below.

Cashboard's investors Β· 4

500 StartupsDigital Space VenturesredalpineY Combinator

Experience

  1. Cashboard (YC S22)Founder & CEO @ Cashboardcurrent2022 β€” presentNew York, NY
  2. SpruceHead of Finance2020 β€” 2022New York, United States
  3. SpruceHead of FP&A2020Greater New York City Area
  4. XenditCFO2018 β€” 2019Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia
  5. Alter GlobalDirector of Asia2017 β€” 2018Bangladesh & Myanmar
  6. Baylis Emerging MarketsInvestment Associate2017
  7. CrossBoundaryAssociate2016Bamako, Mali
  8. Lori SystemsConsultant2016Nairobi, Kenya
  9. VestedWorldInvestment Associate2015 β€” 2016Greater Chicago Area
  10. TugendeSummer Fellow2015Kampala, Uganda
  11. Eze Software GroupSystems Analyst2011 β€” 2015New York, NY

Education

  1. Y Combinator2022
  2. The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2015 β€” 2017
  3. Rutgers UniversityBA Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa with High Honors, History

Skills & more

Financial ModelingInvestment AdvisoryCorporate FinanceValuationVenture CapitalEmerging MarketsDeveloping MarketsStrategyOperationsAnalyticsHedge FundsInvestments
+5 moreFinancial AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelData AnalysisResearchBusiness Analysis

Languages English Β· French Β· Indonesian

From Julian's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,466

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,460 more

Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business444

Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesKatrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankGlebFounder and Managing Partner at iTech Capital

+ 438 more

Also attended Rutgers University91

Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at Stripes

+ 85 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Spruce2

Alexander NiehenkePartner at Scale Venture PartnersTomer DorfanFounder at CLEARMIX

Also worked at Alter Global11

Deborah ChuPrincipal at NextGen Venture PartnersSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at LightboxLily JooVenture Partner at VentureFriendsAllen TaylorManaging Partner, Endeavor Catalyst at Endeavor CatalystJessica JackleyVenture Partner at MSMJesse SullivanFounder and Partner at Alter Global

+ 5 more

Also worked at Lori Systems3

Efayomi CarrInvestment Partner at Flourish VenturesLionel AdabayeriInvestment Associate at Alitheia CapitalDan JonesManaging Partner at Jigsaw VC

Also worked at Eze Software Group4

Mark CasadyGeneral Partner and Co-Founder at Vestigo VenturesTommy BeltonVice President at M33 GrowthAsiff HirjiAdvisor at Z5 CapitalTom GavinInvestor at Vestigo Ventures