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Jiong Ma

Jiong Ma

General Partner atPhoenix Venture PartnersCalifornia
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Jiong Ma is a General Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners, managing portfolio companies. She has over 25 years of experience in investing and building technology companies, previously founding Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp.

What Jiong can write

Writes checks of$100K to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BMostly follows a lead
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Phoenix Venture Partners writes $100K to $10M checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Onetta · founding team member
  2. Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs · senior positions
  3. 3i · investment professional
  4. Braemar Energy Ventures · Partner
  5. Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp. · founder and CEO
  6. Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP) · General Partner
    Now
  7. Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs
  8. Phoenix Venture Partners · General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp.

Investments named in public bios

Figure8Nexus PhotonicsQolabNubis Communications

Focus

advanced computingadvanced manufacturing technologyclimate technologysustainabilityEnergy and Resource Efficiency

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder, PhD in Electrical and Computer EngineeringWorchester Polytechnic Institute, MS in Electrical Engineering

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Sheng Peng
Sheng PengInvestor
Srinivas Rao
Srinivas RaoInvestor

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Who is Jiong Ma?

Jiong Ma is a General Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners, managing portfolio companies. She has over 25 years of experience in investing and building technology companies, previously founding Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp.

How much does Jiong Ma invest?

Jiong Ma invests through Phoenix Venture Partners, which writes checks of $100K to $10M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Jiong Ma?

A warm intro from a founder Phoenix Venture Partners backed works best.

What did Jiong Ma do before Phoenix Venture Partners?

founding team member at Onetta; senior positions at Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs; investment professional at 3i; Partner at Braemar Energy Ventures; founder and CEO at Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp.; Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs.

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