Calvin Ng Partner Plutus VC

Partner
Plutus VC

Calvin is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with many successes under his belt (Digital Hollywood 2017: HKE 2022 / Retech2017: ASX:RTE). Today Calvin manages a $200 million blockchain and innovation fund (Plutus Ventures), which invests into many blockchain and technology Companies worldwide. He sits on the board of two online games start-ups, an ecommerce Company and an entertainment fashion commerce Company in China. Calvin has extensive experience in the digital media, social networking, online games and gaming space. His past includes consultant to SULAKE *Habbo.com (world largest teens virtual world). He was also the Vice President of CITIC PACIFIC (*SEHK0627) and CITIC TELECOM 1616 (*IPO-2007: SEHK1883) responsible for their new strategy and new media development. Prior to this Calvin was part of the team that successfully clinched the deal for World of Warcraft in China in partnership with THE 9 (*IPO-2004: NCTY) and also developed China’s first digital comics magazine and 3G comics on mobile. In 2007 Calvin won third place in China Entrepreneur Competition (he was the only foreigner to have won a top placing till today). Back in 2000 Calvin master-minded the control of more than 90% of cyber cafes in Malaysia and is the only Company that partners with all the major PC games publishers worldwide. A former veteran in the promotional advertising industry, Calvin had won numerous awards and tenders from top international client for four years straight (Triumph International and Public Bank). During the Daytona USA craze back in 1994, Calvin took a video arcade game company from USD 5 million in sales to USD 50 million within just a year. His entrepreneurship career started at the age of 17 where he was featured almost every year on the Malaysia Newspapers for operating the biggest teen charity events.


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