Shubho Al Farooq

Founder & CEO of Zantrik

He is a Computer Science graduate (2003) who began his career teaching in his own department as a topper. He moved into software development and became a top architect in leading local and foreign firms. In 2010, he won multiple CodeProject MVP Awards for his articles and frameworks.

In 2011, he launched his own software business, experiencing both failures and successes in tech and non-tech ventures. In 2018, he founded Zantrik, now a fast-scaling Bangladeshi startup. He bootstrapped the idea, built the team and tech platform, and raised $1.1M seed funding from investors including Bangladesh Angels, Startup Bangladesh, BDVenture, and Accelerating Asia. Zantrik has won 7 local and global awards.

He completed 3 accelerator programs: ScaleUp Bangladesh, Accelerating Asia (Singapore), and SLUSH (Finland). He also mentors, coaches, invests in startups, and writes on social media about startups.

He loves to turn ideas into scalable, actionable products. He’s also a storyteller.