Fahd Ananta

Experienced Product Lead and Investor

Fahd Ananta, Investor at Roach Capital

Fahd Ananta is an investor and the founder of Roach Capital, a Toronto-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage internet businesses.1 2 After founding and selling his own Canadian tech companies and working as a product lead at major firms like Shopify and Snap, Ananta launched Roach Capital in 2019.1 2

Key Facts about Fahd Ananta:

Co-founded Toronto startups Chime (acquired by HubSpot) and Tab Payments (acquired by Velocity)2 4
Spent over 5 years as a product lead at Shopify (2016-2020) and Snap (2020-2021)2 4
Started angel investing in 2016, making early investments in companies like Ada which later became a unicorn2
Launched Roach Capital in 2019 to invest his own money, later bringing on outside LPs including Tiger Global partners, Shopify execs, and others1 2
Roach Capital's first fund closed at $6.4 million CAD in 2022 to invest in early-stage internet startups1 2
Aims to provide portfolio companies with capital and product strategy guidance, while also putting them on the radar of larger VCs2 3
Has invested over $1.5 million CAD across 15 companies so far through Roach Capital2

Ananta's LinkedIn profile (linkedin.com/in/fananta) shows his experience as an investor at Roach Capital since 2021, along with his prior roles as a product lead at Shopify and Snap.4 He has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto.4

Highlights

Mar 14 · twitter

Once you decide to do something you have to execute at full speed

People sometimes go slow as a hedge but in fact that’s worse, because the faster you go, the faster you can learn whether the decision was correct

Mar 13 · twitter

Would be remiss to not mention that it’s incredibly cool to learn about all the other community projects around this ecosystem

All on the same mission with differing approaches. Folks like Socratica, Calgary’s House 831, New Systems, 555 in Montreal, the one in Vancouver (forget the name), and so on

Gg y’all

Feb 2 · thepnr.com

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