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Badrul Farooqi

Product Leader and Investor

San Francisco, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $25,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $15,000.00

Work Experience

  • Angel Investor

    2020

    ComfyUI, Enterpret, Infinite Machine, Knock, Liveblocks, Mach9, Membrane, Narrative, Patina Systems, Play, Playbit, Rive, Row Zero, Runway, Sandbar, tldraw, and many more.

2021 - 2022

  • Product Manager

    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.

2016 - 2021

  • Product Manager

    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. Among many, many things: I matured the core design tool for professional and enterprise usage 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.

2015 - 2016

  • Engineer

    2015 - 2016

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

  • Engineer

    2013 - 2015

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

2011 - 2013

  • Engineer

    2011 - 2013

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