Elphinstone

Team

A small team, close to the work.

Founded in 2020 and backed by Y Combinator, our leadership spans investing, finance and technology. Every client works directly with the people below.

Farooq Tirmizi

Chief Executive Officer

Farooq co-founded Elphinstone in 2020 and leads the firm’s strategy and client relationships across investment advisory, CFO services and investment banking.

farooq.tirmizi@elphinstonecap.com

Uzair Mahmud

Chief Technology Officer

Uzair co-founded Elphinstone in 2020 and leads its technology — the platform behind our client dashboards, and the CTO engagements we run for small businesses.

Our story

We started in retirement.

Farooq Tirmizi and Uzair Mahmud founded Elphinstone in 2020 to build 401(k)-style retirement plans for employers in Pakistan. From there, we built an investment platform that gave clients access to U.S. stocks and ETFs, including Shariah-compliant options.

Along the way we joined Y Combinator and acquired a wealth-technology startup. Today, from our office in New York, we bring the same discipline to three practices — and with our new retirement service, we’re returning to where we started.

  1. 2020

    Founded

    Elphinstone launches to bring 401(k)-style retirement plans to employers in Pakistan.

  2. 2022

    Y Combinator

    Elphinstone joins Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 batch.

  3. 2024

    Acquires Trikl

    We acquire Trikl, a wealth-technology startup, adding its automated-investing and personal-finance technology to our platform.

  4. Today

    New York

    Three practices from 157 Columbus Ave — with a retirement service featuring private assets on the way.

Let’s talk.

Tell us what you’re working on — a portfolio, a practice or a transaction — and we’ll be in touch.

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157 Columbus Ave, Ste 400New York, NY 10023