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
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Colleagues 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 Monash University120
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Also attended Beaconhouse2
Also attended University of Cambridge893
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Shared employers
Also worked at Animoca Brands16
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 Messari10
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