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As the co-founder of Tangent, Jason partners with experienced founders and operators in Web 3 to angel invest in emerging crypto primitives that drive net new behavior.
Previously, Jason co-helmed one of Asia's first institutional crypto funds as the first hire and General Partner at Spartan Capital. At Spartan, Jason co-led investments in >80 companies and was instrumental to scaling the fund from $9M to ~$500M and tripling its team size in 4 years.
As the Head of Research for Spartan's liquid strategies, Jason also led his team to delivering the #1 returns for an emerging APAC fund in 2020 and #1 returns for a APAC hedge fund in 2021 (source: Preqin, based on 1,600 funds).
Since 2018, Jason has hosted one of the most followed podcasts in the industry, Blockcrunch, with up to 40M monthly engagement on socials, which has since spun up a research service with a large following.
Jason was named one of "21 Entrepreneurs and Financiers Leading Blockchain in Hong Kong" by the former head of InvestHK in 2021, and a Forbes 30 under 30 under Venture Capital and Finance in 2022.
You can reach out on Twitter @mrjasonchoi
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Today, we announced a $100M Series E funding round at a $3.3B valuation! Eight years ago, Spring Health started with Adam Chekroud's Lancet paper…
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Sutton Entrepreneurial Fellow
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Awarded to students who demonstrate a commitment to entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania.
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