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Tarush Agarwal

Founder

Founder at Cekura

United States

FoundedCekura · YC

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638 people in our graph share verified history with Tarush — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Susana RojasunlockedTarush: together at Goldman Sachs (2020–2021)
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Tarush: together at National University of Singapore

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.

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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 · 4

Hike VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksImagination CapitalNew York · $100K – $150K checksRuna CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Cekura

SGShashij Gupta
Shashij GuptaFounder
SKSidhant Kabra
Sidhant KabraFounder

Experience

  1. Cekura (YC F24)Co-Founder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Maven SecuritiesQuantitative Developer2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
  3. Maven SecuritiesQuantitative Developer2022 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  4. Goldman SachsQuantitative Analyst2021 — 2022
  5. Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2020
  6. 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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