James Wo
Founder & Chairman @ Digital Finance Group (DFG)
James Wo is a seed investor at Digital Finance Group (DFG) focused on Blockchain and Software. James Wo is the Co-Founder, Chairman and CIO of Jsquare. He previously worked at Ethereum Classic Labs as a Founder and Chairman. James Wo attended Teachers College, Columbia University.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 62%
Last updated:
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Industries James Wo invests in
Stages James Wo invests in
Countries James Wo invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 6 (46%)
- Software 4 (31%)
- Cryptocurrency 3 (23%)
- FinTech 2 (15%)
- Information Technology 2 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (62%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (8%)
- Private Equity 1 (8%)
- Initial Coin Offering 1 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (8%)
Country
- United Kingdom 3 (23%)
- United States 2 (15%)
- Estonia 1 (8%)
- Germany 1 (8%)
- New Zealand 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Capsule Corp. Labs partners with developers of Augmented NFT solutions by providing them with all the resources they need for the development of their decentralized application, from ideation to launch on the Ternoa Chain.Powered by Polkadot, the Ternoa Blockchain enables the transfer of data stored inside an Augmented NFT across chains securely,anonymously, and without alienation nor intermediaries. Ternoa's Augmented NFTs turn into locked capsules in order to make digital assets confidential on the blockchain. | $4.7M / Seed / Oct 12, 2022 | ||
| DAM is a protocol for creating purchasing power from cross-chain token portfolios through dPRIME, a Dotsama-based stablecoin. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Aug 19, 2022 | ||
| Gensyn is a machine learning computing protocol for the world's deep learning models. It connects all of the machine learning-competent compute hardware in the world, including GPUs and CPUs and makes it available to engineers, researchers, and academics. | $6.5M / Seed / Mar 18, 2022 | ||
| Titan's Next Generation Mining Pool offers a powerful North American alternative and a way for the continent’s Bitcoin miners to achieve the efficiency and scale enjoyed by miners in other regions. We offer a highly efficient public (permissioned) and private Bitcoin Mining Pool Services. For more information please visit titan.io. Built byminers for miners, Titan makes mining easy, profitable, and scalable. Titan was formed and founded within Bloq in 2018, by Ryan Condron, Jeff Garzik and Matthew Roszak. Most mining management software options are either incomplete or difficult to scale. | $250K / Private Equity / Feb 17, 2022 | ||
| MetaDojos are adaptable 3D structures that can be easily embedded into websites or deployed into metaverses. | $3M / Seed / Jan 31, 2022 | ||
| Kingdom Karnage is a cross-platform virtual trading card game for PC and Android. | $2M / Seed / Jan 11, 2022 | ||
| Interlay is building an open system backed by top-tier research, which allows any user to invest, earn and pay with Bitcoin on any blockchain. Through decentralized insurance collateral and cryptographic proofs users are protected against theft and censorship. | $6.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 21, 2021 | ||
| OpenRelay is a distributed relayer of fine order book infrastructures. The company's latest product, Rivet, is a blockchain gateway service powered by breakthrough open-source technology to make blockchain clients operationally manageable at any scale. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Lenexa, Kansas. | $1.5M / Seed / Dec 08, 2021 | ||
| Minterest is a decentralised lending protocol which facilitates interest rate markets for token assets. It features a unique economic model where the protocol itself captures 100% of the fees generated from its functions, including interest, flash loan, and auto-liquidation fees.These fees are exchanged via automated buyback processes for itsnative MNT governance token which is then distributed to its users to reward them for their participation in the protocol’s governance. In doing so, Minterest delivers its users the highest long term yields in DeFi. | Seed / Sep 16, 2021 | ||
| Kawaii Islands creates a fantasy universe on the cloud for multi-players to experience a whole set of simulation gaming including designing, building, crafting, farming, social networking. | $2.4M / Initial Coin Offering / Sep 09, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
Founded in Silicon Valley (2015), Digital Finance Group is headquartered in Singapore and focuses on cryptocurrencies, digital assets and blockchain technology, with a preference for first-class blockchain projects in the United States. Since 2017, DFG accelerated its internationalization by executing its Singapore-centered global market strategyand has successfully become a globally operated company with over 200 employees. DFG is managing over $1B A.U.M. to date, among which, the size of primary market assets is over 300 million USD, and secondary market assets is over 250 million USD. DFG’s portfolio includes early investments such as Bloq, Brave Browser, Ledger X and Circle among others. This group has grown to become part of the world's top blockchain projects, representing the latest developments in blockchain infrastructures, regulated exchanges, ecosystem development and other branch areas. DFG's forward-looking venture vision has enabled significant returns on investment for DFG and its partners.
Digital Finance Group (DFG) Contacts
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James Wo
Founder & Chairman
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Angela Tong
CMO
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Sophie Wang
Head of Marketing
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Terry Culver
General Partner, DFG Fund & CEO, Digital Finance Group USA
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FAQ
What does James Wo invest in?
James Wo invests primarily in Blockchain, Software and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did James Wo last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Wo closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 13 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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