About
Tarush Agarwal is Co-founder and CEO of Cekura. He previously spent three years in quantitative finance developing low-latency trading systems and worked on strategy optimization. He holds a degree in computer science and statistics from IIT Bombay.
Founder at CekuraYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Tarush went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — 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 — the partner who ran Cekura's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Tarush can intro founders to Cekura's investors below.
Cekura's investors · 3
Co-founders at Cekura
SG
Shashij GuptaFounder
SK
Sidhant KabraFounder
Experience
- Cekura (YC F24)Co-Founder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Maven SecuritiesQuantitative Developer2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Maven SecuritiesQuantitative Developer2022 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Goldman SachsQuantitative Analyst2021 — 2022
- Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2020
- Instart Logic IncSoftware Engineer2019
Skills & more
Amazon Web Services (AWS)8PyTorch2JavaPython (Programming Language)5C++Distributed Systems6ProgrammingAlgorithmsMachine LearningData AnalyticsData StructuresDeep Learning
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tarush Agarwal?
- Tarush Agarwal is Co-founder and CEO of Cekura. He previously spent three years in quantitative finance developing low-latency trading systems and worked on strategy optimization. He holds a degree in computer science and statistics from IIT Bombay.
- Where does Tarush Agarwal work?
- Tarush Agarwal is Founder of Cekura.
- What companies did Tarush Agarwal found?
- Tarush Agarwal founded Cekura.
- Where did Tarush Agarwal go to school?
- Tarush Agarwal studied at Y Combinator (F24); Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science); National University of Singapore (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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