2x founder

Myra Arshad

Co-founder & CEO at ALT TEX

Co-founder

ALT TEX· Summer 2022 🇨🇦 Canada

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @thealttex

2022Batch S22· Y Combinator

Founder · since 2019

Company

Y Combinator

Role

Batch S22

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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ALT TEX

Biodegradable and carbon neutral textiles, engineered from food waste.

Summer 2022

Experience

Career

ALT TEX
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · 2020 – Present
2020
Y Combinator
Batch S22 · San Francisco Bay Area · 2022
2022
fluidic
Advisor · 2020 – 2021
2020
fluidic
Co-founder
Co-founder · 2019 – 2020
2019
Creative Destruction Lab
Venture - Matter Stream · 2020 – 2021
2020
NEXT Canada
Next 36 Entrepreneur - 2020 Cohort · Toronto, Canada Area · 2020
2020
Procter & Gamble
Account Executive · 2018 – 2019
2018
APEX Conference
Vice President of Conference Development · 2016 – 2018
2016
APEX Conference
Director of Conference Development · 2015 – 2016
2015
RB
Assistant Brand Manager Intern, Air Wick · 2017
2017
Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Volunteer Services Coordinator · 2016 – 2017
2016
Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Administrative Assistant · 2014 – 2016
2014

Bio

Hey, I'm Myra - Co-founder and CEO of ALT TEX. Coming from a family background in textile manufacturing, I'm disrupting the $2.5 trillion fashion industry with better and more sustainable materials. Prior to ALT TEX, I held corporate roles in sales and marketing at Fortune 500 companies, before founding fluidic – a direct to consumer lifestyle brand. Prior to fluidic, I built FarmBox, a Hult Prize backed, AI micro-farming technology that enabled food sustainability in refugee camps.