Shabbir Maimoon

My name is Shabbir Maimoon, and I am studying International Information Systems at Technische Hochschule Augsburg. I am deeply interested in building real systems that solve structural problems rather than surface-level inconveniences, especially in the areas of finance, automation, and digital infrastructure.
 I am currently working on Nexus, a fintech project focused on simplifying fragmented financial processes in Europe, starting with Germany. Nexus aims to unify payments and recurring financial flows into a single, secure digital system, reducing friction for everyday users and especially for small merchants affected by high fees and legacy infrastructure.
 Alongside my academic and startup work, I have over four years of hands-on experience trading and investing in the Indian stock market and cryptocurrencies. This experience has given me a strong practical understanding of markets, liquidity, risk management, and investor behaviour across both traditional and digital assets. Actively managing my own capital taught me how financial systems work in practice, not just in theory and sharpened my ability to evaluate incentives, inefficiencies, and user trust in financial products. This perspective directly influences how I think about building reliable, user-centric financial infrastructure with Nexus. Alongside Nexus, I have been actively involved in applied and entrepreneurial projects that shaped how I build. In the course Rapid Business Model Prototyping, I worked with the sustainability startup MOSiON, supporting business model refinement, assumption testing, and user validation under real constraints. Through Enactus Augsburg, I regularly support early-stage startups by helping with idea validation, structuring problems, and translating abstract concepts into actionable systems. In AI and Communication, I focused on transparency and trust in AI systems, which strongly influences how I think about automation in regulated, high-trust environments such as finance.
 Across all my projects, I prioritize understanding how systems behave in the real world—technically, economically, and socially. I focus on validating assumptions early, building step by step, and designing with scale and long-term impact in mind. Nexus is still early, but I am fully committed to developing it into a real, scalable product that improves how financial infrastructure works for both users and small businesses.
 Earlier in my academic journey, I achieved an All-India Rank of 53 in Technothlon, a national-level problem-solving competition organized by IIT Guwahati, which strengthened my analytical thinking and ability to perform under competitive, time-constrained conditions. Outside of my professional work, one important part of my life has been my fitness journey. Over the last three years, I have transformed myself by losing more than 35 kg and building a healthier, more disciplined lifestyle. Through this process, I learned deeply about training, nutrition, recovery, and the importance of sleep, not just physically, but mentally. More importantly, this journey taught me consistency, persistence, and the habit of showing up every day, even when motivation is low. While this is not directly related to my work, it is one of the most important skills I have developed, and it strongly influences how I approach long-term projects, challenges, and building something meaningful.