Hunter Dickinson
Head of Partnership
Software, Ecommerce
New York, NY USA
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Hunter Dickinson is the Head of Partnerships at Whop, where he built the company’s entire sales organization from a one-person operation, himself, into its primary growth engine, generating over $526 million in GMV. An entrepreneur at his core, Hunter’s journey to Whop began with the acquisition of his decentralized hiring platform, ZenTask, which he developed while leading the NFT community ZenApe. Today, Hunter Dickinson leads a cross-functional team and steers Whop’s strategic partnerships with industry giants like Stripe and Iman Gadzhi, cementing his reputation as a key innovator in community monetization and platform growth, a fact underscored by praise from tech leaders like Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen.
Facts:
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- Head of Partnerships @ Whop
- Background:
- Before Whop, used to make daily TikToks about building a million-dollar business in 154 days.
- Was studying for a Bachelor of Engineering in Australia.
- Was only person on sales team
- From Linkedin post: Over the last 6 months, our sales team has closed $10M+ in sales. The funny thing is our sales team only consists of one person (me).
Background:
Co-founded ZenApe (Australia)
- Registered the company and secured an early grant from Cyberkongz’s “KongzTank.”
- Built investor relationships and raised roughly A$3 million—well above typical local pre-seed rounds.
- Pioneered a membership-based NFT community that blended blockchain tech with exclusive access.
- Ran primary and secondary NFT sales that generated multi-million in revenue.
- Led hiring of the initial leadership team and steered product direction.
- Created ZenTask, a decentralised job-matching tool that soon drew industry attention.
ZenTask acquisition and transition to Whop
- Whop bought ZenTask in 2022 for US $100 k and folded the product into its marketplace stack.
- Hunter Dickinson joined Whop, originally as Head of Strategy, to keep scaling ZenTask and hunt new growth levers.
Current impact at Whop (now Head of Partnerships)
- Maps new revenue opportunities, secures strategic partners, and works closely with leadership on marketplace expansion and payments.
- Oversees a cross-functional team covering sales, account management, and support.
Industry recognition
- Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital) highlights Hunter’s role in turning ZenApe and ZenTask into influential Web3 projects and their importance inside Whop.
- Justin Mateen (Tinder co-founder, top angel) credits Hunter as a first-mover who combined NFTs with membership access and built a thriving community model.
Fund-raising track record
- ZenApe’s funding round outperformed typical pre-seed benchmarks.
- Whop has raised over US $17 million—well above the median Series A in recent U.S. data—further underscoring the commercial promise of Hunter’s contributions.
Hunter Dickinson is also featured on our premiere Features Page, and you can read the Podcast Interview Transcript.
