About
Founder of Finvest, a digital wealth management platform offering fixed-income investments and tools for spending, saving, and investing.
Founder at FinvestYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Shivam went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Finvest's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shivam can intro founders to Finvest's investors below.
Experience
- FinnCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MetaStaff Software Engineer2019 — 2022Menlo Park, CA
- Seoul National UniversityResearch Fellow2019Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Korea
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2018Mountain View, CA
- DelphixSoftware Engineer Intern2017Boston, Massachusetts
- Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Engineer Intern2017Greater Seattle Area
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shivam Bharuka?
- Founder of Finvest, a digital wealth management platform offering fixed-income investments and tools for spending, saving, and investing.
- Where does Shivam Bharuka work?
- Shivam Bharuka is Founder of Finvest.
- What companies did Shivam Bharuka found?
- Shivam Bharuka founded Finvest.
- Where did Shivam Bharuka go to school?
- Shivam Bharuka studied at Y Combinator; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering).
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