Plutus VC

Investment decisions are led by General Partner Calvin Ng and Investment Director Jack Lee. Ng, a serial entrepreneur, supervised the China launch of World of Warcraft and later angel-invested in Chinese internet companies before founding Plutus VC in 2016. Lee covers the full investment lifecycle from global deal sourcing and due diligence to tokenomics design and go-to-market advisory (per the firm's website).

Plutus VC deploys across three instruments: equity investments up to US$5 million per project, token investments averaging $500,000, and collateralized crypto institutional loans from $1 million to over $20 million. The firm invests in early-stage, seed, startup, and pre-IDO phases and states it makes a minimum of three new investments each month (per the firm's website).

Based on the firm's own disclosures, Plutus VC focuses entirely on direct investments — taking equity and token stakes in blockchain projects — and on extending collateralized crypto loans to institutions. There is no indication in its public materials that it operates as a fund-of-funds or commits to external venture funds.

The firm provides collateralized institutional crypto loans ranging from $1 million to over $20 million. This lending activity sits alongside its venture investing and is unusual for a venture firm. The website positions the lending desk as a direct response to serial insolvencies among DeFi and centralized lending platforms, emphasizing a secure and trustworthy counterparty.

Plutus VC is headquartered in Hong Kong and deploys capital globally across the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Its venture partners bring networks spanning the US and Asian markets, and the firm states it connects portfolio companies to crypto ecosystems and communities worldwide (per the firm's website).

Calvin Ng is a serial entrepreneur who helped take World of Warcraft to China and managed global games including Habbo Hotel and Counter-Strike. He began angel investing in Chinese internet and mobile companies in 2013, with an IPO portfolio that included TianGe, Hollywood Games, Retech, THE9, and Citic 1616. He founded Plutus VC in 2016 to focus on blockchain and cryptocurrency investing.

According to its own disclosures, Plutus VC is "100% dedicated and focused" on the blockchain ecosystem. All three pillars of its business — equity, tokens, and project loans — are directed exclusively at blockchain and cryptocurrency companies. The firm's stated mission is to help blockchain and crypto companies accelerate their vision of building tomorrow's unicorns.