Kunal Shah (@kunalb11) — Twitter Score 91 out of 1000

Kunal Shah is a fintech founder and angel investor who founded CRED and co-founded FreeCharge. Kunal Shah's Twitter Score is 91 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #8,294 (top 5%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.

Kunal Shah founded CRED, the reward-based credit card payments platform operating as Dreamplug Technologies Pvt. Ltd., in 2018. CRED has expanded beyond credit card bill payments to include house rent payments, short-term credit lines, and, following its acquisition of mutual funds platform Kuvera in February 2024, online wealth management. Kunal Shah also works at WhatsApp as global head.

Kunal Shah co-founded FreeCharge alongside Sandeep Tandon in 2010, building it into a recharges and bill payments service that also covers UPI money transfers, deals, gift cards, and mutual funds. FreeCharge raised a $33 million Series B from Sequoia Capital, Sofina, and RuNet in 2014. Snapdeal acquired FreeCharge in April 2015 for approximately $400 million in cash and stock, and Axis Bank subsequently acquired it in July 2017 for $60 million.

Kunal Shah is also an active angel investor. Kunal Shah has backed Mudrex India's go-to Crypto Trading Platform, DaoLens, Yupp, Listed Fans and Crypso. Kunal Shah's account has accumulated 1,268,992 followers as of September 2026 and 9,882 posts. Kunal Shah has been mentioned by 132 accounts, with 308 total mentions.

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