# Jahaan Ansari

> Jahaan Ansari is the co-founder and CEO of Gainful, a New York-based personalized nutrition company that builds custom protein and supplement formulas around each customer. A UC Berkeley chemical engineering and computer science graduate, he wrote the algorithm that matches a person's body and goals to a unique blend, turning a college dorm-kitchen experiment that filled its first 50 orders by hand into a Forbes 30 Under 30, Y Combinator-backed brand sold at Target. He raised more than $17M with high-school-best-friend-turned-co-founder Eric Wu, and in 2024 took an unexpected detour onto ABC's The Bachelorette.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Gainful
- **Organizations:** Gainful, Y Combinator (alum)
- **From:** Newbury Park, California, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Chemical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Gainful, a personalized performance nutrition brand sold direct-to-consumer and at Target, Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Food & Drink), 2023, Raised over $17M in venture funding, reportedly at age 25 during the Series A

## Career timeline

- **high school** — Meets Eric Wu as co-captains of their soccer team in Southern California
- **college senior** — Co-founds Gainful at UC Berkeley; he and Eric handmake the first 50 orders in a dorm kitchen
- **early** — Builds the proprietary algorithm that assigns a personalized protein formulation to each customer
- **founding era** — Gainful goes through Y Combinator as two of the youngest founders in the program
- **Series A** — At 25, raises over $17M from investors including Y Combinator, Dorm Room Fund, Courtside VC, AF Ventures, BrandProject and athletes such as Pau Gasol
- **2023** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Food & Drink); Gainful reaches over $20M in annual revenue
- **2024** — Appears as a contestant on Season 21 of ABC's The Bachelorette (Jenn Tran's season)
- **2024** — Gainful raises a Series B (latest funding round)

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Gainful, a personalized performance nutrition brand sold direct-to-consumer and at Target
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Food & Drink), 2023
- Raised over $17M in venture funding, reportedly at age 25 during the Series A
- Built the proprietary algorithm matching each customer to a custom protein formulation
- Grew Gainful to over $20M in annual revenue and a New York-based team of roughly 25-50
- Among the youngest founders to go through Y Combinator

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — Gainful's most recent funding round on record is a Series B.
- **2024-07** — Appeared as a contestant on Season 21 of The Bachelorette (Jenn Tran's season).

## Links

- Website: https://gainful.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahaan/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gainful
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vlj9jOY5QY
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jah_aan/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Gainful/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gogainful

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Last updated: 2026-06-12