No. 004 · Kunal Shah
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Version 2
2026-07-18
Bitcoin attested
- Raised: $1.89B total across 11 rounds $1.89B total (11 rounds)
- Backers: Tiger Global Management, RTP Global, Sofina and others Tiger Global Management, RTP Global, Sofina
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Version 1
2026-07-17
Bitcoin attested
Minted
- Founder: Kunal Shah
- Company: CRED
- Founded: 2018 · Bengaluru
- Raised: $1.89B total across 11 rounds
- Backers: Tiger Global Management, RTP Global, Sofina and others
- Strap: He founded CRED, a rewards-based credit card payments app, in Bengaluru in 2018, and stepped away from day-to-day operations in 2026 when Meta invested $900M in the company.
- Moves: 2018 · Founded CRED in Bengaluru; 2025 · Total funding reached $1.89B across 11 rounds per Inc42, backed by Tiger Global Management, RTP Global and Sofina; 2026 · Meta invested $900M in CRED at about $4.5B post-money, per Inc42 and Bloomberg coverage; 2026 · Shah moved into a global leadership role at Meta-owned WhatsApp; CRED CFO-CSO Miten Sampat took over as interim CEO, per Inc42
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