# James Gong

> James Gong is a seed investor at ZAFED (Shanghai) backing FinTech and InsurTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ZAFED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zafed)
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gongjames/?ppe=1

James Gong is a seed investor at ZAFED in Shanghai focused on FinTech and InsurTech. Ming Gong the Co-Founder of ChainB, is widely recognized on the internet under the pseudonym ""rage prince Gong."" Ming graduated with a degree in math and specializes in IT and financial securities analysis. He has many years of experience in IT and finance, and focused mainly on industry study and investment analysis whileserving at the Delong Group. In 2012, he began devoting his time to the development of digital currency and the blockchain industry. Additionally, he translated a large amount of relative materials and wrote the blockchain white paper. His publications includes ""Blockchain Society,"" ""Blockchain - A New Economic Blueprint,"" and ""Digital Currency"" etc. Ming participated in the development and investment of many blockchain and digital asset programs, and created the new media company ChainB, which has become influential in the blockchain industry.Currently Ming serves as Vice President of the Beijing Blockchain Technology Application Association. He is also a member of the Internet Finance Association - Blockchain Group, as well as Senior Researcher at China Blockchain Study Alliance. He is a member of the IT professional committee at the Chinese Securities Investment Fund Association, and member at the Policy Committee of the Quantchain Foundation, with several other positions.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Non Profit | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Global Risk Exchange | Global Risk Exchange (or "GRE") is a blockchain based, decentralized and open global risk exchange market, with the purpose of helping individuals, companies and organizations to access and trade and manage their risks. GRE completely reconstructed traditional risk management tools(insurance and derivative contracts) in a decentralizedway, and will become the underlying operation system to support insurance and derivative transactions in the era of blockchain. GRE aims to build the infrastructure and trading platform for risk management industry in the blockchain driven world in the near future, by providing a fundamental protocol for the creation of risk events, pricing, trading, information collection and oracles to verdict specific risks. It will enable individuals and institutions around the globe to achieve risk and return equilibrium. |  | Seed | Jun 15, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Huobi Eco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/huobi-eco) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JRR Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jrr-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ld-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ZAFED

VC Fund · Shanghai, China

ZAFED is a world leading expert in digital asset storage.

2 contacts available at ZAFED.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Gong | Co-Found/President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-gong |
| Qijun Wang | Marketing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qijun-wang |

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## FAQ

### What does James Gong invest in?

James Gong invests primarily in FinTech, InsurTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Gong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Gong closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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