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Fahd Ananta

Co-founder, Tab Payments

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Fahd Ananta co-founded Tab Payments, a Toronto app for paying restaurant bills by phone, with Adam Epstein and Mike Kimel; Velocity acquired Tab in 2015. Ananta had earlier co-founded Chime, acquired by HubSpot in 2013. Ananta later worked in product roles at Shopify and Snap, started Roach Capital in 2019, and joined Opendoor in 2025.

Fahd hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Fahd co-founded Tab Payments, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

Around the web ×4

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Roach Capital's Fahd Ananta follows Kaz Nejatian to OpendoorBetaKit
2025
Podcast
Backing unassailable founders with Fahd Ananta, Investor @ Roach Capital | EP#234The Peak Network (PNR)
2023
Article
Roach Capital closes $6.4 million CAD for first fund from prominent VCs, Shopify execsBetaKit
2022
Interview
Pay for Summerlicious restaurant meals and more with the tap of a finger: U of T alumni startup, TabUniversity of Toronto News
2014

Quick answers

Who founded Tab Payments?

blogTO reported on 2014-06-01 that Tab was founded by Adam Epstein, Fahd Ananta and Mike Kimel. University of Toronto News described Ananta, a U of T computer science graduate, as a Tab co-founder on 2014-07-07.

What happened to Tab?

BetaKit reported on 2015-10-15 that UK-based Velocity acquired Tab Payments for an undisclosed amount, with co-founder Adam Epstein staying on as Velocity's head of Canadian operations.

What did Ananta do after Tab?

BetaKit reported on 2022-02-18 that Ananta worked in product lead roles at TouchBistro, Shopify (2016 to 2020) and Snap (2020 to 2021), launched Roach Capital in 2019, and closed about $6.4 million CAD for Roach Capital's first fund.

What did Ananta take on in 2025?

BetaKit reported on 2025-09-18 that Ananta was joining Opendoor to lead everything on the buyer side of the company, and was not permanently relocating from Toronto to San Francisco.

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