Dragonfly

United States - San Francisco, California

• 28/11/2022
• Series A
• $8,000,000

A cross-border crypto venture fund. Global from day one.

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Haseeb QureshiInvestor

United States - San Francisco, California

At the age of 16, I began playing online poker with $50. A year later, I'd turned it into over $100,000.

At the age of 19, I had become one of the strongest heads-up no-limit Hold'em players in the world, a sponsored poker pro, and a self-made millionaire. I quickly learned that money does not produce happiness.

At the age of 21, I permanently retired from poker. I haven't played a hand since then.

At 23, I wrote a best-selling poker book about the philosophy of poker. I then gave away all of the money I'd saved up as a poker player, about half a million dollars, and started over with $10K.

At 25, I decided to earn-to-give (to pursue a lucrative career so I can donate more to charity). I'd always been interested in technology and software engineering. So I moved to San Francisco and joined a top 12-week coding bootcamp.

8 weeks into the bootcamp, they asked if I'd help teach it. I said yes. Then a couple months later they asked me to be Director of Product, and I said yes to that too.

About a year later I got a job as a software engineer at Airbnb, where I worked on payments fraud.

About a year after that, I left to go chase the blockchain. Yes, I'm now an annoying blockchain person. Sorry in advance.

Today I'm an investor at Dragonfly Capital. I write, I invest, I code, and I drive myself mad. I give away 1/3rd of my pre-tax income to charity.

I'm not all work though! The fun* stuff: I eat a paleo diet, drink nothing but water, adore stand-up comedy, train Crossfit, have given up on meditating every day (you should try it!), and I only belong to clubs that would have someone like me for a member. Which is very few.
* note: not actually fun

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/imhaseeb/

Anirudh P.Investor

Antarctica - ND

Intrigued by technology

To connect, DM me on twitter: @ani_pai | electricsheep.substack.com

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anipai/