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Jaeson Ma | |
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| Born | November 11, 1980 Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, artist, media executive |
Jaeson Ma (Chinese: 馬正遠; pinyin: Mǎ Zhēngyuǎn; born Jason Cheng Yuen Ma, November 11, 1980) is an American entrepreneur,[1] artist, and media executive. He is the founder of the east-west talent, brand strategy & investment firm East West Ventures, a co-founder of 88rising,[2] and a co-founder of Stampede Ventures,[3] chairman and co-founder of broadcast production and distribution company EST Media Holdings, and its subsidiary ventures: EST Studios, (Film & TV finance, production, and sales company), Eastern Standard Times (Global media platform), and OP3N, (a launchpad for IP and communities in the Web3 verse).[4] He is also a member of Milken Institute - Young Leaders Circle (YLC). Ma has also been featured in Variety 500.[5]
Ma is a strategic advisor and financier of the social music video app Triller, [ZASH Global Media], and general partner at Caravan Digital Studios.[6][7][8] During his career, he has raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion.[6][7]
He is also a Senior Advisor to Tencent Music Entertainment & KKBox fund KKFarm, Sparklabs Foundry, C Street Advisory Group, a Venture Partner for consumer tech fund GoodWater Capital, and a board member of public SPACs. His other investments include Musical.ly (TikTok), Grab, Dark Horse Comics, Slock.it, Brain, Oursong, XiaoPeng, Mint Songs, Coinbase, Kind Heaven, and OneOf.
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- ^ "How 88rising Took Rich Brian From Meme To Mainstream". Genius. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "OP3N CEO Jaeson Ma On His 'Super App' For NFT Users – Interview". International Business Times. 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
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- ^ a b "Zash Media To Acquire Social Video Platform Lomotif - Variety". Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ a b "The Quest Minutes: Jaeson Ma [S2:E2]". 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Jaeson Ma's Investing Profile - Goodwater Capital Venture Partner | Signal". Signal: where top founders find and get introduced to the right investors. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-04-20.