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Badrul Farooqi

Investor at Various

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Badrul Farooqi is a successful Product Leader and Investor based in New York City. With a background in product management at companies like Square and Figma, Farooqi has transitioned into angel investing, focusing on early-stage startups in the enterprise sector and supporting solo capitalists. Highlights of Farooqi's career include his experience as a product manager at prominent tech companies like Square and Figma, as well as his transition into angel investing, where he actively supports early-stage startups in New York City.

Work Experience 

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Cursor Capital

  • Founder and General Partner

    2022 - Current

    Cursor Capital is an early stage venture firm that partners with founders shaping the future of creativity. ComfyUI Enterpret Infinite Machine Knock Mach9 Modyfi Play Playbit Rive Runway tldraw Acquired: Campsite (Notion) Diagram (Figma) Partykit (Cloudflare) Dynaboard (Figma) Scenery (Adobe)

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Square

  • Product

    2021 - 2022

    I led the team responsible for global product onboarding and our internal developer platform. Our efforts enabled customers to successfully onboard to Square's large product ecosystem. We leveraged machine learning, geo-based heuristics, experimentation, and more, to help business owners find the perfect product in Square's large product portfolio.

Square is a software company that designs and develops omnichannel solutions.

squareup.com
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Figma

  • Product

    2016 - 2021

    I was the first product manager and one of the first 20 employees at Figma. I helped launch Figma publicly and helped scale the company to 350+ people and hundreds of millions in revenue. Specifically, I matured the core design tool and launched the developer/designer platform. Today, Figma is one of the most loved products in the world with millions of customers and a large and growing business.

Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform.

Raised $748,624,736.00 from Thrive Capital, XN, Andreessen Horowitz, Alkeon Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Goanna Capital, Eddy Cue, Sequoia Capital and SurgoCap.

figma.com
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Teespring

  • Engineer

    2015 - 2016

    Scaled fulfillment backend capable of responding to holiday season spikes. Launched Teespring in the European market.

Teespring is a social commerce platform that allows people to retail consumer goods such as clothes, shoes, bags, and mobile cases.

teespring.com
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Hook Studios & Hook QA

  • Engineer

    2013 - 2015

    Partnered with Google to launch global brand campaigns for Android, Chromecast, and more.

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Expedia Group

  • Engineer

    2011 - 2013

    Shipped Expedia's first mobile apps on iOS and Android to millions of people worldwide.

Expedia Group is a internet providing company they help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections.

expediagroup.com

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