Kunal Shah co-founded FreeCharge in August 2010 along with Sandeep Tandon. In April 2015, FreeCharge was acquired by an online firm Snapdeal for an estimated amount of $400 million. FreeCharge is an online recharging company that aims at turning recharge as a rewarding experience.

Kunal Shah holds a Bachelor degree in Philosophy from Wilson College in Mumbai, India. Kunal Shah worked as a junior programmer at a BPO startup in the initial days of his career.