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Safwan Zaheer

Investor

Investor at Blockchain Founders Fund

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Safwan Zaheer is a financial services executive with over 20 years of experience building and scaling digital banking, payments, and fintech platforms. His career includes roles as Chief Product Officer at a PE-backed lender, EVP and GM at a VC-backed fintech where he scaled point-of-sale lending to $250M, and Head of Product at a BaaS platform where he built T-Mobile MONEY to 250,000+ customers. He currently serves as Head of Product (Advisory) for Tokenized Deposits at Vast Bank and advises on programmable financial infrastructure initiatives.

Experience

  1. Vast BankHead of Product (Advisory) | Tokenized Depositscurrent2025 — present
  2. autoMHatic FinancialChief Product Officer2024 — 2025
  3. hundredX | Fintech Operating PlatformFounder & Operating Executive2019 — 2023
  4. LendingPointEVP & GM, POS Lending2021 — 2022
  5. KPMG USHead of FinTech, Digital Financial Services2016 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. AccentureDirector, Digital Payments, Financial Services2015 — 2016Greater Philadelphia
  7. BarclaysDirector, Digital Payments Product & Strategy2012 — 2015
  8. Peppers & Rogers Group (Acquired by TeleTech in 2011)Management Strategy Consultant2010 — 2011
  9. NokiaSenior Manager, Mobile Products and Solutions2007 — 2010
  10. NokiaManager, Mobile Products and Solutions2003 — 2007
  11. NokiaMobile Standards Engineer (Bell Labs)2001 — 2003

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Engineering/Industrial Management
  2. Texas A&M UniversityMaster of Science, Electrical Engineering
  3. Texas A&M UniversityBachelor of Science, Cum Laude

Skills & more

Strategy99Product ManagementManagement Consulting48Start-ups32Business Strategy72Executive Management7Leadership10Program Management19BNPL1Strategic Planning1Sales Management6Cross-functional Team Leadership33
+12 moreBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyStrategic PartnershipsMarketing StrategyProduct StrategyEmerging MarketsMerchant ServicesCustomer ExperienceSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Business PlanningLendingSales

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Colleagues at Blockchain Founders Fund

Aly Madhavji
Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Francesco Galati
Associate at Blockchain Founders Fund
Joel Ochoa
Associate at Blockchain Founders Fund
Mansoor Madhavji
Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Matt Cross
Associate at Blockchain Founders Fund
Ram Shanmugam
Investor at Blockchain Founders Fund
Rudy Lim
Venture Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Tobias Bauer
Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Safwan Zaheer work?
Safwan Zaheer is Investor at Blockchain Founders Fund.
What check size does Safwan Zaheer write?
Safwan Zaheer typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281

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Also attended Texas A&M University131

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Shared employers

Also worked at KPMG US259

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Also worked at Accenture703

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Also worked at Barclays173

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Also worked at Nokia164

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