Ishan Haque is a 22 yr old Brisbane-based investor who built his first "Metaverse" business in high school, which subsequently provided the insight to invest aggressively back in 2018. In 2021, his portfolio has returned >100x (Notably, he was an early investor in Web3 leader Animoca Brands), and he's launching a $50M Metaverse-focused fund with Billionaire Jack Teoh, who runs Teoh Capital, Oscar Wylee, and sits on the board of TPG/Vodafone.
Prior, he created and produced several successful podcasts based in Silicon Valley. Partnered with media company The Hustle to bring "My First Million," hosted by serial entrepreneur Shaan Puri (who sold his startup to Amazon) - distributed to over 1 million people weekly. Sponsored by Microsoft and many other large Fortune 500 brands. Guests included Ashton Kutcher, Marissa Mayer, other notorious Fortune 500 CEOs, A-list celebrities, billionaire investors & more. In February 2021, tech giant Hubspot acquired the rights to the My First Million podcast for an undisclosed sum as part of its acquisition of The Hustle.
Other roles included being the Head of Growth for large e-commerce brands both in the U.S. and Aus. Shortly after, became VP at Silicon Valley's All Access Fund and businesses led by Shaan Puri.
Haque studied at the Queensland University of Technology in Finance and Computer Science.
