About
Zahid Shaikh is co-founder of Sardine, a company that provides fraud and compliance solutions for enterprises. He has more than 10 years of experience in product management and previously worked at PayPal, Uber, and Chase. At PayPal, he developed a device intelligence product and holds five patents approved for filing.
Founder at Sardine
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Sardine's investors · 21
11.2 CapitalLas Vegas · $500K – $3M checksActivant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checks · since 2025Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025Cannage CapitalLas VegasCoinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checksCross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake CityDigital Currency GroupNew YorkEssence Venture CapitalSeattle · $10K – $10M checksEvolution VenturesSan FranciscoExperian Venturessince 2025Factorial FundsSan FranciscoGeneral PartnershipSan Francisco · $1M – $30M checksGeodesic CapitalFoster CityGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checksHelios Digital VenturesLondonNAventuresTorontoNycaNew York · $2M checksNyca PartnersNew York · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Torch CapitalNew York · $750K – $1.5M checksVillage GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checksXYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks
Co-founders at Sardine
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Soups RanjanFounder & CEO
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Adi GFounder
Experience
- SardineCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- RevolutSenior Product Owner(Crypto)2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area/London
- UberSenior Product Manager2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- PayPalSenior Product Manager2009 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Bill Me Later(PayPal)Business Architect/Consultant2007 — 2008Timonium, MD
- VerizonConsultant/Architect/Team Lead2002 — 2007Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
- KalokeConsultant2001 — 2003West Chester, Pennsylvania
- ChaseSenior Internet Engineer1998 — 2001Wilmington, Delaware
- HitachiConsultant (Patni Computer Systems)1996 — 1998Mumbai Area, India
Skills & more
Java12Unix6SQL3Databases3JavaScriptMySQLGitAndroidJIRAMicrosoft ExcelBlockchainSecurity
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Strategic PartnershipsEntrepreneurshipBusiness PlanningProduct ManagementAgile MethodologiesSDLCRequirements AnalysisBusiness AnalysisArchitectureProgrammingArchitecturesEnterprise ArchitectureLanguages English · Hindi
- Leadership and Strategy — Harvard Business School
- Certified Product Manager (CPM) — Stanford University
- SCJP — Sun Microsystems
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zahid Shaikh?
- Zahid Shaikh is co-founder of Sardine, a company that provides fraud and compliance solutions for enterprises. He has more than 10 years of experience in product management and previously worked at PayPal, Uber, and Chase. At PayPal, he developed a device intelligence product and holds five patents approved for filing.
- Where does Zahid Shaikh work?
- Zahid Shaikh is Founder of Sardine.
- What companies did Zahid Shaikh found?
- Zahid Shaikh founded Sardine.
- Where did Zahid Shaikh go to school?
- Zahid Shaikh studied at University of Mumbai (Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering); Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) (Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology(NCST), Software).
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Also attended Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)1
Shared employers
Also worked at Revolut65
Nik StoronskyCo-founder & CEO of RevolutVlad YatsenkoCo-founder & CTO of RevolutNeil RimerInvestor at Index VenturesJulian von EckartsbergManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal InvestmentsJulien BekInvestor at Sequoia CapitalGeorge RobsonInvestor at Sequoia Capital
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Also worked at Uber415
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also worked at PayPal152
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and Addepar
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Also worked at Verizon56
Tony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalEllen RubinPartner at Glasswing VenturesAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESJami HuntManaging Partner at Alpha EdisonTiana PidgeonSenior Associate at American Family VenturesNewth MorrisManaging Director at Ankona Capital
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