James Ho

James Ho is the Head of Animoca Ventures, he has been responsible for strategic business partnerships, and ecosystem development as well as pivotal in managing deal flow and investments. With a solid track record of over 100 deals focusing on Web3, his most notable investments include The Sandbox, Yield Guild Games, Opensea, and Magic Eden ImmutableX.James is also instrumental in setting up Animoca Ventures, the first flagship fund focusing on metaverses, blockchain gaming, tooling, DeFi, NFT & social as well as Web3 infrastructure. James is also a seasoned design and tech builder, before Animoca, he founded POCA Design and Digital Vantage, working with some of the world’s most famous brands such as Chanel, LVMH, Audemars Piguet Sotheby’s, etc.

Details:

• Organization: Animoca Ventures
• Location:Hong Kong SAR
• Education: BA in psychology from The University of British Columbia and computer information - Network Infrastructure Focus, Information Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology 
• Skills: Creative Direction and Event management 

Experience:

• Head at Animoca Ventures from Feb 2022 - Present 
• Head of Animoca Ventures at Animoca Brands from Feb 2022 - Present
• Director Of Strategic Partnerships at Animoca Brands from Jul 2021 - Present 
• Senior Business Strategist  at  Animoca Brands from May 2018 - Mar 2022
• Venture Partner  at Zeroth.ai from May 2018 - Oct 2018 
• Chief Growth Officer at The Human Connective from Nov 2017 - Apr 2018 
• Managing Director, Founder at POCA DESIGN from Apr 2011 - Apr 2017