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James Fong
Operating Partner at Pioneer Fund
Cupertino, California
Overview
James Fong is currently the Operating Partner at Pioneer Fund in Cupertino, California, where he leverages his expertise in hardware architecture, ASIC, and entrepreneurship to drive strategic partnerships and business growth. With a background in co-founding successful startups like Ink Protocol and Listia Inc., James has also served as a Y Combinator advisor, contributing to the development of emerging entrepreneurs.
His career highlights include co-founding Ink Protocol and Listia Inc., as well as his current role at Pioneer Fund, where he focuses on investing in IoT, marketplaces, and FinTech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Operating Partner
2023 - Current
Director of Operations
2023 - 2023
Co-Founder
2017 - 2022
Ink is a decentralized reputation and payment protocol looking to bring transferrable reputation to P2P marketplaces
Co-Founder
2009 - 2022
Co-Founder of Listia that went through Y Combinator's S09 batch
Listia is an auction marketplace that uses a virtual credit system for bidding and trading goods.
Raised $26,165,000.00 from General Catalyst.
YC Startup School Advisor
2017 - 2017
Design Engineer
2006 - 2009
Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
Raised $6,150,410,400.00 from U.S. Department of Commerce.
HW Verification Engineer
2004 - 2006
Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.
Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
1997 - 2001
Master of Science (MS)
2002 - 2004