Jad Bousselham

Jad Bousselham is Co-Founder at Verdex, an asset intelligence platform for farmland backed by Y Combinator (W26). The company uses satellite imagery and weather data to create time-anchored records of farmland activity, turning land into measurable assets.
Jad graduated from Dartmouth College (Guarini '25) and previously worked as an Associate Engineer at Huawei Canada in Toronto. He was recognized as a top 5% student by academic performance during his time in Montreal.
Jad received a $2,000 startup grant from Dartmouth's Magnuson Center in 2025 to build his agriculture intelligence platform. He and his co-founder Evan Rankin participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch.
Verdex provides better tools for decision-makers in futures markets, insurance, and supply chains by creating objective, auditable records of farmland outcomes. The company is based in San Francisco with 2 employees.
Verdex transforms farmland into a measurable asset class by making agricultural outcomes auditable at scale. The platform enables stakeholders to objectively assess land performance using real-time satellite and weather data.