JF

James Fong

Operating Partner at Pioneer Fund

Cupertino, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Operating Partner

    2023

  • Director of Operations

    2023 - 2023

2017 - 2022

  • Co-Founder

    2017 - 2022

    Ink Protocol is a decentralized reputation and payment system for peer-to-peer marketplaces and helps ​users safely ​send ​and ​receive ​payments ​in ​P2P ​marketplaces ​while ​earning ​public ​reputation ​for ​every completed ​transaction. ​It ​greatly ​enhances ​the ​buying/selling ​process ​with ​decentralized reputation ​and ​feedback ​ratings, ​decentralized ​escrow ​for ​secure ​payments, ​third ​party ​dispute resolution, ​and ​very ​low ​transaction ​costs. Payment is made using a general purpose cryptocurrency, called XNK. Ink ​Protocol ​is ​a product of ​Listia Inc, ​a ​peer-to-peer ​marketplace for ​buying ​and ​selling ​used ​goods ​online.

2009 - 2022

  • Co-Founder

    2009 - 2022

2017 - 2017

  • YC Startup School Advisor

    2017 - 2017

  • Design Engineer

    2006 - 2009

    More specifically, Aptina

2004 - 2006

  • HW Verification Engineer

    2004 - 2006