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Ish Goel

CEO & Co-Founder at Hunch

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Overview

Ish Goel is CEO and Co-Founder at Hunch [1][3]. Goel has been an entrepreneur for 14 years, beginning at age 18 [2]. Early ventures in SaaS and eCommerce required multiple pivots before scaling [2]. Goel entered cryptocurrency in 2016 and won hackathons including the London Blockchain Week Hackathon in 2017 [2]. From July 2017 to February 2020, Goel served as CTO and Advisory Board Member at Nexus Mutual, joining as the second employee [6]. Goel co-founded PlotX in 2020, raising $2.7 million in seed funding that year and $5 million in pre-Series A funding in 2021 [2][4]. Goel also founded GovBlocks from January 2017 to November 2019 [7] and serves as Director at Somish Blockchain Labs [5]. Goel holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology [11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

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.

Career history

  1. CEO & Co-FounderAug 2022 to presentHunch
  2. Co-FounderFeb 2020 to presentPlotX
  3. DirectorJan 2009 to presentSomish Blockchain Labs
  4. CTO & Advisory Board MemberJul 2017 to Feb 2020Nexus Mutual
  5. FounderJan 2017 to Nov 2019GovBlocks
  6. Co-FounderApr 2015 to Jan 2017ShopFilo.com
  7. Tech Lead for Public Sector Projects in India2009 to 2015Various
  8. InternshipMay 2011 to Aug 2011Larsen & Toubro Limited

Education

  1. Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science2008 - 2012Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
  2. High School at Apeejay Stya Education (Svran Foundation)1994 - 2008)

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