Jason Choi

Background

About Jason Choi

Jason is the co-founder of Tangent, a proprietary investment firm.Previously, Jason co-helmed one of Asia's first institutional cryptoasset funds, Spartan Capital, as the first hire and was promoted to General Partner within 3 years. At Spartan Capital, Jason co-led investments in >80 companies and was instrumental to scaling the fund from $9M to ~$500M AUM and tripling its team size during his tenure. As the Head of Research for Spartan Capital's liquid strategies, Jason led his team to delivering the #4 APAC hedge fund in 2020 and #8 returns for a global hedge fund in 2021 (Blackrock rankings of 1,600 funds).Since 2018, Jason has hosted one of the most followed podcasts in the industry, Blockcrunch, with up to 40M monthly engagement on socials, and has since built a sizable following on social media for sharing his views on industry trends.Jason was named one of "21 Entrepreneurs and Financiers Leading Blockchain in Hong Kong" by the former head of InvestHK in 2021, and a Forbes 30 under 30 under Venture Capital and Finance in 2022. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School of Business with a minor in English Literature. You can reach out on Twitter @mrjasonchoi / jasonchoi.me