Ish Goel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
CEO & Co-Founder at Hunch | CEO & Co-Founder at Hunch - Actively Hiring in Product & Tech - Talk to me about what not to do in web3 ;)
Summary
I’ve been an entrepreneur for 14 years. Started young at the age of 18 under my Dad’s guidance. Here's a lowdown of my journey: (1) Spent first 9 years trying to built businesses in tech - SaaS and eCommerce. Most attempts didn't scale, and I pivoted multiple times. (2) Got into crypto before it was cool. 2016. Won a couple of hackathons, one being the London Blockchain Week Hackathon in 2017. (3) Joined Nexus Mutual (NXM), a unicorn in crypto / DeFi as their Founding CTO (2nd employee) in 2017. (4) Started building PlotX in 2020. Raised $2.7m seed in 2020, pre-series A of $5m in 2021. (5) Pivoted to Hunch in 2021. Raised a Series A round for Hunch (to be announced soon!), and now busy scaling Hunch everyday. My dad taught me ‘the more you give, the more you receive’ and the learning has come true in every sphere of my life - both professionally and personally. Forever indebted to be born in a family with immense wisdom. I’m also a passionate musician and a trained Tabla, Flute & Piano player. If you have a knack for music & instruments, I love jamming and I am mostly in Delhi. So feel free to hit me up if you're around! ;)
Director
Somish Blockchain Labs
1 Jan 2009 - Present
17yrs 7mos
New Delhi
Somish is a Blockchain Venture Studio with a deep specialisation in DeFi & Smart Contract Auditing. Since 2016, we've been following a Deploy -> Learn -> Iterate methodology that has helped us deliver award-winning solutions to Fortune 500 companies, Governments and Startups all over the world. Some of the blockchain projects at Somish include: - P2P Insurance Mutual (DeFi) - Crypto Prediction Markets (DeFi) - Smart Contract Audits (secured more than $10m) - Subsidy & Welfare Distribution - Avionics Equipment Maintenance Supply Chain - P2P Energy Trading in Microgrids - Crisis Fund Distribution - Invoice Discounting - Proactive Governance by flipping citizen service delivery Constantly awarded by leading public rating agencies, the company has built cutting edge software products for Smart City initiatives, state governments, ministries, NBFCs, corporate organizations and startups in a wide array of industries like Banking, Government, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing and Aviation amongst others.
Co-Founder
PlotX
1 Feb 2020 - Present
6yrs 6mos
Singapore
PlotX is a Web3 gaming startup, on a mission to build skill-based games in the Play2Earn category. PlotX has 100,000+ users, growing at 144% MoM in 7 months of launch. Having raised $7.5m in VC funding, we’re now on our journey of charting 1 million users and are actively hiring for multiple positions.
CEO & Co-Founder
Hunch
1 Aug 2022 - Present
4yrs
Singapore
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