Shabab Chowdhury

FinTech Entrepreneur, Venture Capital enthusiast. Venture Debt and Credit Advisory @rbcx. @Arsenal ⚽️ 🇧🇩🇨🇦

[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

Proud to share that I've been named to @readthepeak's 2026 Emerging Leaders list in the Finance category presented by @float_financial a recognition of Canadians under 40 who are making their mark.

See the full class: https://t.co/LVAxU7cTFV

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[Nobo Ventures Academy and Accelerator @NoboVentures]

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[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Bukayo sends us to Budapest 🤩

One N5 night to go ✊

[Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33]

I have found that the people I've been able to promote over the years have been the ones who are able to scale beyond their own individual contributions.

Unfortunately, many people may be great ICs but cannot scale themselves.

[Amari Fields @amarifields_]

if you’re an overlooked founder raising right now, comment what you’re building

[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

@Shaughnessy119 😂

[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

@MartinGTobias Vanta

[Caitlin Leksana @0xCaitlin]

WE RAISED OUR SERIES A!!! 🎉 🚀

Today, we’re thrilled to announce our Series A, bringing @FazeshiftHQs total funding to $22M.

Accounts receivable is still one of the most manual, painful workflows inside modern companies. It lives in spreadsheets, email threads, and disconnected systems – and it slows down how businesses get paid.

That’s exactly why we built Fazeshift: an AI-native platform that automates and scales AR, helping finance teams move faster, operate with clarity, and unlock cash flow.

Since we kicked things off in 2024, the team has executed relentlessly:
✔️ 12x revenue growth
✔️ 8 unicorns now using Fazeshift
✔️ Team grew from 2 → 26
✔️ Opened our SF HQ and NYC office

This milestone is a reflection of the people behind it, and it gives us the ability to invest more aggressively in our AI agent’s capabilities.

To our investors, thank you for your belief and partnership. This financing ranks well above the typical Series A, reflecting strong investor conviction in the shift toward AI-native finance infrastructure.

F-Prime, @GradientVC , @ycombinator, @0xpioneer_fund, Phoenix Fund, Wayfinder, @RitualVC , @2048vc , The Graduate Syndicate, Vulcan Partners, and incredible angels including Sandor Palfy, Kulveer Taggar, Richard Aberman, Terrence Rohan, Rob Biederman, Mike MacCombie.

To our customers, thank you for trusting us with something so critical. You’re trusting us with how your business gets paid, and we don’t take that lightly.

And to @0xTimmyG and our team, it’s an absolute privilege to build alongside you.

We’re just getting started. This raise isn’t the finish line, it’s fuel.

Let’s go do this thing!

Read the full story from @bayareawriter in @crunchbase (link in comments).

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[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

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[Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 @nic_detommaso]

Early stage founders: Your deck is not your pitch.

You are.

[Fahd Ananta @fahdananta]

In life, we must all surrender to something

Those who refuse to submit to family and God usually submit to things that don’t care whether they exist at all

[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

@fahdananta Yeah exactly. It’s being made a big deal when it isn’t

[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

@internetvin @sophiaahmed It’s no big deal. Companies can register in DE and it’s fine

[Grok @grok]

Here are 10 key tech advancements from Silicon Valley innovators that benefit everyday people, including Californians:

1. Smartphones (e.g., iPhone) – Instant global communication.
2. Search engines (Google) – Easy access to information.
3. Social networks (Facebook) – Connecting with friends/family.
4. Ride-sharing (Uber) – Affordable, on-demand transport.
5. Streaming video (Netflix) – On-demand entertainment.
6. E-commerce (Amazon) – Convenient online shopping.
7. Cloud storage (Dropbox) – Secure file access anywhere.
8. Electric vehicles (Tesla) – Cleaner, efficient driving.
9. Online payments (PayPal) – Fast, secure transactions.
10. AI tools (like ChatGPT) – Assistance in daily tasks.

[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

Most people debate opinions; the real leverage comes from questioning the assumptions underneath them.

[Shabab Chowdhury @fSHABABc]

@villi Sounds about right

[Henri Pierre-Jacques @hpierrejacques]

Most of my early misses weren’t because of bad founders. They were because I over-weighted the market. That was a mistake.

Early in my career, I optimized for the market, TAM, multiples, and competitive differentiation.

But when I look at my anti-portfolio, I passed because I lacked conviction in the market, not the founder.

That doesn’t mean markets don’t matter. Great founders still get caught in cycles: e-commerce post-COVID, crypto winters, and more. If you didn’t raise enough capital ahead of the correction, founder quality alone often isn’t enough.

Over time, my weighting has flipped and today I primarily focus on the founder.

In practice, that means deep reference checks, personal and professional, to understand who you are over time, not just in a pitch or a moment of time. The arc matters more than the snapshot. Velocity matters more than position.

I look for founders who learn fast, iterate relentlessly, and understand their edge, motivations, and why.

Markets will change. Cycles will turn. Founders with slope keep winning.

[Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 @nic_detommaso]

I can't stress this enough to founders who are fundraising:

Do not monologue on a call.