Shuhaib Shariff

Co-Founder

India24 yrs 4 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

20 years of experience in software product development.
Successfully bootstrapped multiple startups to revenue and exit.
Expertise in early-stage execution and team alignment.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on startup growth and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product Management

Other Skills

Product MarketingTeam BuildingMarket ResearchDemand GenerationDigital MarketingProject ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Software as a Service (SaaS)HTML 5Web Application DesignDjangoStartup DevelopmentOutsourcingWeb DevelopmentStart-ups

About

I’ve spent 20 years building software products from scratch: bootstrapping teams, shipping quickly, and staying uncomfortably close to the customer. My last SaaS company went from zero to real revenue and an exit, all without raising a dollar. That taught me how to build lean, hire well, and execute with zero theatre. Now I’m all in on crypto infrastructure, because building real world systems on open rails is the next frontier. Today I’m focused on: EscrowLayer.io - making crypto escrow payments as easy as Stripe for businesses. My edge is early-stage execution: validating ideas, launching with focus, scaling with lean, sharp teams. I connect founders, engineers, and capital: only when there’s real alignment, not just noise. If you’re building something real, especially in payments, stablecoins, or DeFi infra... reach out. Always up for a real convo, not just a pitch.

Experience

Escrowlayer

Co-Founder

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Remote

Leading product, partnerships, and strategy at EscrowLayer: an API-first escrow platform solving trust and settlement in crypto payments for marketplaces, B2B trade, and digital services, with cross-chain stablecoin support.

Autoyield

Co-Founder

Mar 2025 – Aug 2025 · 5 mos · Remote

Building an AI-powered LP automation protocol on Solana. Responsible for idea validation, team formation, product design, growth strategy, and early partnerships.

Halal defi

Founder

Oct 2024 – May 2025 · 7 mos · United Arab Emirates · Remote

Building decentralized access to early-stage digital assets, enabling Muslims to invest ethically in Web3 and blockchain. Networking, learning, and sharing my journey through the evolving world of cryptocurrency.

Unbanking dao

Co-Founder

Jul 2024 – Sep 2024 · 2 mos · Remote

Development of Unbanking.io has been discontinued due to regulatory considerations.
The platform was designed as a community-focused decentralized asset management solution for hedge fund managers, offering access to over 100 diverse assets across multiple blockchain networks.

Product ManagementTeam BuildingMarket ResearchProduct Marketing

Teamwave

Co-Founder

May 2016 – Oct 2024 · 8 yrs 5 mos · United States · Remote

Ideation, product management, hiring, and sales/marketing hands-on, managing cross-functional teams to build and scale a product in a fully bootstrapped environment. Focused on growth, customer success, and strategic execution across the board.

Product ManagementProduct Marketing

Mybangalore.com

Founder

Dec 2008 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Led mybangalore.com, a local media portal covering Bangalore's events and lifestyle, which became the city’s go-to online platform at its peak. Drove product management, content creation, partnerships, and cross-functional team management. Despite its popularity, the venture was ultimately unsustainable, as we were too early to market and couldn’t establish a viable revenue model—an invaluable experience in the business of digital content.

Doublespring media

Founder

Sep 2008 – Mar 2019 · 10 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

DoubleSpring is specialized in web+mobile development. We work to our strengths, and we’re strong in many areas of the Web from operations and infrastructure to development and design. We are a small team, but we have proven time and again that we can outperform the "big guys," in terms of total cost and time to market.
We are Django experts, but building great products requires extensive usage of many other things: Angular/Backbone JS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Node.JS, Nginx, AWS, Heroku and more.

Gensis interactive media

Co-Founder

Nov 2001 – Aug 2008 · 6 yrs 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

Full-stack software consulting firm with experience in web and mobile application development. Our expertise lies in creating comprehensive strategies and building strong brand identities for our clients. Let us help you transform your ideas into impactful digital solutions.

Demand Generation