Meta’s Chris Cox sought Kunal Shah’s WhatsApp advice - then made him leaderMeta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox reached out to Shah directly in the spring, seeking advice on picking the future leader of WhatsApp. C...
24 Jun, 2026, 10.00 AM IST
Meet Kunal Shah: He once worked as a delivery boy to support family. Now he's set to lead world's biggest messaging platformKunal Shah, the visionary behind fintech success CRED and FreeCharge, is set to lead Meta's global messaging giant, WhatsApp. Shah, who pre...
23 Jun, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
Who is Kunal Shah? From selling FreeCharge for ₹2,800 crore to building CRED and now leading WhatsAppKunal Shah, the brainchild behind CRED, is set to lead WhatsApp globally following Meta's substantial $900 investment. Known for scaling CR...
23 Jun, 2026, 11.16 AM IST
Amazon's Now pivot; Anthropic's revenue surgeAmazon is shuttering its Fresh service in major cities to focus on its quick commerce platform. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
07 Apr, 2026, 07.58 PM IST
Cred widens mutual fund app Kuvera’s ambit for bigger wealth management playCred has entered wealth management by upgrading Kuvera, acquired in 2024. It now offers a full suite of financial services. Kuvera’s new fe...
07 Apr, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
Dhan in talks to acquire Elevation Capital-backed Infinyte Club in cash and equity dealFounded in 2023 by Ankita Tandon and Joylita Saldanha, Infinyte Club offers wealth management tools targeted at startup employees and opera...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.54 PM IST
Affluense AI raises Rs 3 crore pre-seed round led by Zeropearl VCAffluense AI has successfully raised Rs 3 crore in pre-seed funding, led by Zeropearl VC with key participation from Kunal Shah and Pravin ...
06 Oct, 2025, 12.51 PM IST
'Not good enough for CRED': Zerodha billionaire Nithin Kamath's credit score triggers viral banter, Kunal Shah chimes inDespite being worth $2.6 billion, Nithin Kamath’s credit score isn’t high enough for CRED, prompting witty banter with the platform’s found...
18 Jun, 2025, 10.23 PM IST
Wint Wealth bags NBFC licence after RBI clears Ambium acquisitionThe NBFC has already started wholesale lending operations under the brand name Wint Capital. The primary focus of Wint Capital will be lend...
22 Nov, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
Wint Wealth bags online bond platform licence from SebiWint Wealth applied for the licence after the market regulator mandated last year that every platform operating in this space had to have o...
26 Jul, 2023, 03.02 PM IST
Gullak raises $3 million funding from YC and Rebel PartnersAccording to the startup, it will use the funds to offer unique financial products, strengthen its current product portfolio and expand its...
19 Jan, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
'Most relationships are habits': Cred boss's words of wisdom will make you reflect on lifeKunal Shah shared the importance of habits and forming them in an individual's life.
25 Apr, 2022, 03.42 PM IST
Raise Financial Services acquires upskilling platform ValuationaryWith this acquisition, Raise aims to strengthen its investment and wealth stack by enabling investors and traders to learn about markets vi...
06 Apr, 2022, 09.38 AM IST
Neobank Winvesta gets seed funding from Speciale Invest, othersFounded in 2019 by Swastik Nigam and Prateek Jain, UK-based Winvesta is a neobank that's building cross-border banking and wealth managemen...
25 Aug, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
Grow the scale, grow the revenue, create value for customers: Kunal Shah's new mantra"This year, we are going to double down on growth like other years and we are at 22% of credit card bill payments right now, having 35% of ...
07 Apr, 2021, 11.28 AM IST
Budget 2020: Ease credit access, broaden ESOPs understanding, says CRED’s Kunal ShahFintech startups are in the preliminary stages of demonstrating value. Banks and legacy financial institutions have earned consumer and eco...
30 Jan, 2020, 11.24 AM IST
Sequoia Capital backs Smallcase, TurtlemintVC firm puts $8m in Smallcase and is said to have led a $6m round in Turtlemint.
28 Nov, 2018, 10.31 AM IST