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About
Mehdi Farooq works at Animoca Brands, where he focuses on strategic partnerships and investment opportunities. His coverage areas include infrastructure, DePIN, and AI investments and partnerships. He also hosts a podcast.
Experience
- Hypersphere CapitalInvestment Partner2025 — 2026
- Animoca BrandsInvestments and Partnership Manager2022 — 2025Hong Kong SAR
- Token Metrics VenturesResearch Director2021 — 2022United States
- MessariHub Analyst2021New York, United States
- Seeking AlphaContributor2021New York, United States
- Macro HiveResearch Analyst2019 — 2020United Kingdom
- Habib Metropolitan Bank (Subsidiary of AG Zurich)Equity Research Analyst2017 — 2018Karachi
- Intermarket SecuritiesEquity Research Summer Analyst2016Karachi
- AKD Investment Management LimitedInvestment Intern2016Karachi
- Hartree PartnersMetals Trading Summer Analyst2016London, United Kingdom
- Amplify TradingMulti-Asset Proprietary Trading Intern2015 — 2016London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
YouTube1Microsoft PowerPointTwitter1Microsoft Excel7Bloomberg Terminal4EViews2Microsoft Office2Analytical SkillsLeadership2Public Speaking12Analytical Reasoning10Teamwork4
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Quantitative AnalyticsCorporate DevelopmentIdentifying TrendsInvestment DecisionsTradingEquitiesDue DiligenceVenture CapitalAngel InvestingResearchBankingSocial MediaLanguages English · Hindi · Sindhi · Urdu
- Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst — Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)
- Introduction to Python — DataCamp
- Introduction to R for Finance — DataCamp
- Bloomberg Market Concept — Bloomberg
- CFA level 1 — CFA Institute
- Thomson Reuters Eikon — Thomson Reuters
- DATASTREAM — LSEG Data & Analytics
- CFA level 2 — CFA Institute
From Mehdi's professional profile.
Colleagues at Hypersphere Ventures
Denise Anderson
Counsel at Hypersphere Ventures
Felipe Lamounier Rezende
General Partner at Hypersphere Ventures
Jack Platts
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Hypersphere Ventures
Jeany Vega
Executive Assistant at Hypersphere Ventures
John Platts
Director at Hypersphere Ventures
Luke Mazey
Director at Hypersphere Ventures
Micah Casella
Analyst at Hypersphere Ventures
Scott Feingold
Controller at Hypersphere Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mehdi Farooq?
- Mehdi Farooq works at Animoca Brands, where he focuses on strategic partnerships and investment opportunities. His coverage areas include infrastructure, DePIN, and AI investments and partnerships. He also hosts a podcast.
- Where does Mehdi Farooq work?
- Mehdi Farooq is Investment Partner at Hypersphere Ventures.
- Where did Mehdi Farooq go to school?
- Mehdi Farooq studied at Nottingham University Business School (MSc, Finance and Investment); University of Nottingham (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics); Monash University (Exchange Student, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics).
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Also attended Nottingham University Business School31
Christine XuInvestment Team at RedstoneFerry HeilemannFounder & General Partner at AENUAdam ChirkowskiInvestor at AlbionVCMiguel Santo AmaroVenture Partner & IC Member at Shilling VCPaul FausetPartner at ACF InvestorsAlice BentinckCofounder and CEO at Entrepreneur First
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Also attended Monash University252
John DysonInvestment Principal at Starfish VenturesDallies LimInvestor Relations Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsVania Yobeli MeghanDirector, Investment Support at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Clarissa KartikaAssociate, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Barry BrottCo-founder at Square Peg CapitalJustin LibermanCo-founder at Square Peg Capital
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Also attended Beaconhouse6
Also attended University of Cambridge1,570
Stewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrDemis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindNiko BonatsosFounder and Managing Partner of VerdictGeorgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesLeah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Animoca Brands18
Yat SiuCo-Founder, Executive Chairman, and Managing Director at Animoca BrandsEvan AuyangGroup President at Animoca BrandsBrian ChanChief Development Officer at Animoca BrandsMinh DoChief Operating Officer at Animoca BrandsShaun KraftChief Financial Officer at Animoca BrandsJamii QuocGeneral Counsel at Animoca Brands
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Also worked at Messari16
Mason NystromInvestor at Pantera CapitalGuillaume GirardInvestment Associate at UTXO ManagementThomas DunleavyHead of Venture at Varys CapitalMo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One VenturesAli TamasebGeneral Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)John FreyermuthSenior Associate at BIP Ventures
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