Vibhor Chhabra

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About Investor

Vibhor Chhabra is a Product Lead for the ChatGPT Ecosystem at OpenAI, angel investor, and Principal at Shunya Ventures, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. He combines more than 16 years of product leadership experience with early-stage startup investing and advisory activities, particularly in financial technology, digital commerce, and enterprise software. His investment focus spans FinTech, E-commerce, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Healthcare/MedTech, Digital Health, Productivity Software, Cloud Infrastructure, API Technology, Consumer Technology, and Future of Work, with particular expertise in payments, commerce infrastructure, and technology-enabled business models. According to his Mercury investor profile, Vibhor invests across the Seed, Series A, Series B, and later stages, primarily targeting companies in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia. His publicly listed investment range is $1,000 to $50,000, although a specific preferred ticket size is not disclosed. Mercury explicitly identifies him as an investor who does not lead funding rounds, indicating a preference for participating alongside other investors. His publicly listed investment highlights include Axiom, Dandelion Chocolate, Harlow, and an unnamed FinTech startup, demonstrating exposure to software, consumer businesses, and financial technology. In addition to his investment activities, Vibhor has held senior product leadership positions at Shopify, TaxJar, Square (Block), Campaign Monitor, Evernote, and SugarSync. At Shopify, he led the development and scaling of products including Shopify Tax, Shipping, and Delivery Predictions, supporting merchants across more than 30 countries. Previously, he served as Chief Product Officer at TaxJar, which was acquired by Stripe, and led product development for Square's payments business. He holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and has received recognition for leadership and technology innovation. Through his combination of angel investing and operational experience, Vibhor is positioned to support founders with fundraising, product strategy, product-led growth, payments infrastructure, go-to-market execution, strategic partnerships, customer acquisition, and scaling technology businesses.