Henry Shi

Henry Shi
EducationGeorgia Tech, University of Waterloo
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active2011-present
OrganizationSuper.com
Board member ofGeorgia Institute of Technology College of Computing

Henry Shi is a technology entrepreneur based in San Francisco, California.[1] He co-founded Super.com (formerly Snapcommerce)[2] in April 2016, and went on to serve as COO/CTO.[3] Shi previously founded uMentioned, a local social discovery network.[4][5]

Early life and education

Shi started his early education in John Fraser Secondary School, where he graduated at the top of his class in high school and later from the University of Waterloo.[6][7] Shi was also admitted to the Stanford Graduate School of Business,[8] He went to University of Waterloo, Canada to pursue his bachelor's degree in Computer Science.[9] In 2016, He joined Georgia Tech's OMSCS and now serves on the advisory board of the College of Computing.[10] Shi was also given the Rising Stars award by Georgia Tech in May 2023.[11]

Career

Shi started his career as a programmer analyst at Scotia Capital while he was doing his bachelors in 2011.[12][13] In January 2012, during his co-op term in New York he joined Bloomberg as a Software Developer and built sabermetrics software in scouting and predictive analytics for the MLB.[14]

Shi interned at LendUp in the company's early days when they only had ten employees.[4] During his term at Google in 2014, He built and launched 'Music Insights' for YouTube.[15] Shi had been featured in TechCrunch, The Information, and Forbes.[16][17][1] In 2020, he was accepted into The Next 36 program.[18]

Super.com

Launched in 2016 as Snapcommerce by Hussein Fazal and Shi,[6] Super.com is a savings and earnings application with fintech, rewards and travel use cases.[2][19][20][21] Fazal leads Super.com as CEO along with Shi as COO/CTO.[22] The company has grown to over 200 employees and $150M in revenue annually. In 2024, Super.com was named America's 45th fastest growing companies by Financial Times.[23]

Major investors of the company include Steph Curry, Harley Finkelstein, Inovia Capital, and Lion Capital.[24]

Investments

Henry Shi has been an Angel and Seed investor in various AI startups including Ollama, LlamaIndex, Fal.ai, Higgsfield AI, Fileread, Superblocks and Wield.[25]

Awards and recognition

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Hall, Christine (2022-10-18). "Snapcommerce grabs its cape and becomes Super". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  3. ^ "SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com' - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  4. ^ a b "Interview with Henry Shi, Co-Founder of SnapTravel". Tell Me More Podcast. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  5. ^ "An Inspiring Community: Fostering a Creative and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem at Waterloo". Math e-Ties. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  6. ^ a b Mitchell, Charlie (2023-04-28). "Toronto capitalises on tech success". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  7. ^ EDC, Waterloo. "10 exciting companies founded by UWaterloo alumni". www.waterlooedc.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  8. ^ "Researchers & Students". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  9. ^ "University of Waterloo - Waterloo alumni shine on the Deloitte 2021 Technology Fast 50 list". Education News Canada. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  10. ^ "Henry Shi, M.S. CS '18 | College of Computing". www.cc.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  11. ^ a b "College Celebrates Latest Hall of Fame Inductees, Rising Stars | College of Computing". www.cc.gatech.edu. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  12. ^ "Super CEO, Founder, Key Executive Team, Board of Directors & Employees". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  13. ^ "From Co-op Student of the Year to Silicon Valley | Cheriton School of Computer Science | University of Waterloo". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  14. ^ Gallagher, Beth (2013-03-18). "Computer science student named top co-op student in Canada". Waterloo News. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  15. ^ "Henry Shi". DMZ. Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  16. ^ Mascarenhas, Natasha. "Why Early-Stage Founders Are Opting to 'Seed-Strap' Their Startups". The Information. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  17. ^ Kamps, Haje Jan (2023-06-30). "Pitch Deck Teardown: Super.com's $60M Series C deck". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  18. ^ Winters, Kyle (2020-01-17). "The NEXT Decade of Entrepreneurs". NEXT Canada. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  19. ^ Life, Soo Kim; Reporter, Trends (2023-11-07). "Hotel booking website's suggestion at checkout sparks outrage". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  20. ^ Paris, Martine (16 July 2020). "How this travel startup became profitable during the pandemic". Fast Company. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  21. ^ Lin, Belle (2026-02-23). "How Staying Small Became AI Startups' Biggest Flex". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  22. ^ "About Super.com | Cashback, Travel, & Everyday Savings". www.landing.super.com. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  23. ^ Jones, Cleve (2024-04-04). "FT ranking: The Americas' Fastest-Growing Companies 2024". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  24. ^ "Super.com". Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  25. ^ "Wield completes over US$1 million in Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap | Bitget News". Bitget. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  26. ^ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Canada 2022 - Ontario regional winners". www.ey.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  27. ^ "2022 Alumni Awards | Alumni". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
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