About
General Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners with over 25 years of experience investing in and scaling global technology companies. She previously founded and led Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp. (merged with Mobix Labs), was a partner at Braemar Energy Ventures, an investment professional at 3i, and held senior roles at Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs. She serves on the boards of SES AI Corporation and Anavex Life Sciences and holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from CU Boulder.
Experience
- Phoenix Venture Partners LLCGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — present
- SES AI CorpLead Board Director (NYSE: SES)current2022 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Anavex Life SciencesBoard Director (Nasdaq: AVXL)current2021 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp.CEO and Founder (NASDAQ: CLAY)2021 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- LinKinVaxBoard Director2021 — 2023Paris, France
- Braemar Energy VenturesSenior Partner2008 — 2020New York, New York
- 3i Group plcInvestment Professional » U.S. & International Investment Management2004 — 2008Boston, MA
- Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellowship2004 — 2006Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Lucent Technologies Bell Labs innovationsSenior Manager – Optical Networking Group » Technology & Business Leadership2001 — 2004United States
- Onetta IncCo-Founder | Director of Product Management » Entrepreneurship | Funding | Market Analysis2000 — 2001San Jose, California, United States
- Lucent Technologies Bell Labs innovationsMember of Technical Staff » System Engineering & Architecture1997 — 2000
- Nortel NetworksMember Of Scientific Staff1996 — 1997
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship2Strategic Planning1Venture Capital1Start-ups1New Business Development1Business Strategy1Business Development1StrategyInvestmentsAcquisitionsInternational BusinessPrivate Equity
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Portfolio ManagementExecutive ManagementTeam LeadershipBoard of DirectorsBoard MembershipDiversity & InclusionCorporate M&AImpact InvestmentDigital Transformation of IndustryClimate ImpactLanguages English · Mandarin Chinese
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Colleagues at Phoenix Venture Partners
Avinash Kant
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Barbara Dalton
Vice President, Venture Capital, Worldwide Business Development & Innovation at Phoenix Venture Partners
Brendan Boyd
External Innovation Director at Phoenix Venture Partners
Jennifer Wang
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
John T. Chen
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Makoto Iizuka
General Manager of Corporate R&D Department at Phoenix Venture Partners
Michael Falcon
Managing Director at LG Technology Ventures at Phoenix Venture Partners
Nobuyuki Kambe
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jiong Ma?
- General Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners with over 25 years of experience investing in and scaling global technology companies. She previously founded and led Chavant Capital Acquisition Corp. (merged with Mobix Labs), was a partner at Braemar Energy Ventures, an investment professional at 3i, and held senior roles at Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs. She serves on the boards of SES AI Corporation and Anavex Life Sciences and holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from CU Boulder.
- Where does Jiong Ma work?
- Jiong Ma is General Partner, PhD at Phoenix Venture Partners.
- Where did Jiong Ma go to school?
- Jiong Ma studied at University of Colorado Boulder (Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering); Lanzhou University (Bachelor of Science, Physics).
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