Jaeson Ma

Jaeson Ma (Chinese: 馬正遠; pinyin: Mǎ Zhēngyuǎn; born November 11, 1980) is an American serial entrepreneur, artist, and media executive. He is the founder of the east-west talent, brand strategy & investment firm East West Ventures, a co-founder of 88rising, and a co-founder of Stampede Ventures, chairman and co-founder of broadcast production and distribution company EST Media Holdings, and its subsidiary ventures: EST Studios, (Film & TV finance, production, and sales company), Eastern Standard Times (Global media platform), and OP3N, (a launchpad for IP and communities in the Web3 verse). He is also a member of Milken Institute - Young Leaders Circle (YLC). Ma has also been featured in Variety 500.Ma is a strategic advisor and financier of the social music video app Triller, [ZASH Global Media], and general partner at Caravan Digital Studios. During his career, he has raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion.He is also a Senior Advisor to Tencent Music Entertainment & KKBox fund KKFarm, Sparklabs Foundry, C Street Advisory Group, a Venture Partner for consumer tech fund GoodWater Capital, and a board member of public SPACs. His other investments include Musical.ly (TikTok), Grab, Dark Horse Comics, Slock.it, Brain, Oursong, XiaoPeng, Mint Songs, Coinbase, Kind Heaven, and OneOf.