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Khalid Keenan

Founder

Founder at Elevate (formerly Bloom) · Founder at Bloom

United Kingdom

FoundedBloom · YCElevate (formerly Bloom) · YC

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About

Khalid Keenan studied computing at Imperial College and has spent over a decade as a software engineer in banking and financial services, specializing in risk and investment management systems.

Founder at Elevate (formerly Bloom)YC W22

Intro paths

YC

Khalid went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Elevate (formerly Bloom)'s batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Khalid can intro founders to Elevate (formerly Bloom)'s investors below.

Elevate (formerly Bloom)'s investors · 4

Fund I, a series of Africa FinTech Collective, LPGlobal Founders CapitalBerlin · $1M checksLoftyInc CapitalHoustonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Elevate (formerly Bloom)

YOYoucef Oudjidane
Youcef OudjidaneCFO
ADAbdigani Diriye
Abdigani DiriyeFounder
AI
Ahmed IsmailFounder

Founder at BloomYC W21

Intro paths

YC

Khalid went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Khalid can intro founders to Bloom's investors below.

Bloom's investors · 16

Citi VenturesNew YorkContrarySan Francisco · $2M checksDraper Goren BlockchainGFR FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksID VenturesDetroit · $50K – $250K checksOak HC/FTStamfordOaktreeLos Angeles · since 2026Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checksPioneerToronto, OntarioPosition VenturesSan FranciscoRocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checksSamsung NextMountain View · $100K – $5M checksSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksTarget GlobalBerlinTechstarsBoulder · $220K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Bloom

SYSam Yang
Sam YangFounder
AD
Abdigani DiriyeFounder
AI
Ahmed IsmailFounder
BM
Ben McCabeFounder
DODavid Oort Alonso
David Oort AlonsoFounder
RFRay Fitzgerald
Ray FitzgeraldFounder
SMSirian Maathuis
Sirian MaathuisFounder
YO
Youcef OudjidaneFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is Khalid Keenan?
Khalid Keenan studied computing at Imperial College and has spent over a decade as a software engineer in banking and financial services, specializing in risk and investment management systems.
Where does Khalid Keenan work?
Khalid Keenan is Founder of Bloom and Founder at Elevate (formerly Bloom).
What companies did Khalid Keenan found?
Khalid Keenan founded Bloom, Elevate (formerly Bloom).

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