Company Info for thetatoken.org | IcebreakerMembers
Short version: Sparkles in the dark.
Long(er) version:
• 17-year experience in venture capital, innovation catalysis, strategic partnerships, new business creation and corporate development.
• Natural leadership and successful track record in driving high-level negotiations and managing complex, sensitive cross-border investments and projects.
• Fine-grained knowledge of global entertainment, media, automotive, financial, electronics, semiconductor and enterprise competitive ecosystems.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp, study and synthesize multi-dimensional market landscapes, competitive analysis, diving in their underlying technology, financial and Intellectual Property (IP) dynamics.
• Strong analytical skills comfortable with deeply abstract and conceptual reasoning, with natural eagerness to think and act creatively for shaping new business opportunities.
• Agile interpersonal and smooth communication skills, ability to influence, evangelize and rally internal/external stakeholders in Japan, US and Europe.
• Driven by international challenges and multicultural environments, prolonged successful experiences across Japan, USA, Sweden, UK and France.
• Proficiency in English, French, Swedish and Spanish. Working knowledge and undergoing learning of Japanese (JLPT/日本語能力試験 level 3). 
Patrick Chang is the founder of Dispersion Capital and a seasoned venture capitalist with nearly two decades of experience in web2 and web3. He began his career in tech investment banking and M&A for Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. Before founding Dispersion Capital, he launched the blockchain investment thesis and strategy at Samsung Next Ventures back in 2014. He led investments in cutting-edge infrastructure technology at Cota Capital, Investor Growth Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Foundation Capital.
As an early investor in some of the most pioneering web3 innovators and protocols, including Alchemy, Dapper Labs, Flow, Forte, Syndicate, Theta, and Blockstack(STX), Patrick's impressive track record speaks for itself. With nine investments in companies that later became unicorns (e.g. Branch Metrics) and three more with large acquisitions, he has a proven ability to select game-changing projects that drive success.
With a focus on early-stage web3 and blockchain companies, edge computing, and open source, Patrick's mission at Dispersion is to find and fund the disruptive solutions and tech that help developers take web3 mainstream. Futurist, Metaverse / AI researcher/faculty, entrepreneur, investor, board member, bestselling author, video game pioneer and indie film producer.
Author of The Simulation Hypothesis (2019), Startup Myths & Models:What You Won't Learn in Business School (2020), The Simulated Multiverse (2021), Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success (2017), and Zen Entrepreneurship (2013).
Creator of Play Labs @ MIT, venture partner at Griffin Gaming Partners, adjunct faculty at ASU, and founder, investor, advisor, board member in many startups including Tapjoy, TapFish (sold to DeNA), Funzio (sold to GREE), Discord, Disruptor Beam, Upland, Telltale Games, Moon Express, Tarform, Intelligize (sold to Lexis-Nexis), Sliver.tv/Theta Labs, North Bay Solutions, CambridgeDocs (sold to EMC), Service Metrics (sold to Exodus), etc. 
Blockchain/Broadcast/Solutions/DevRelations
Schedule Meeting: https://calendly.com/mkhalifaa/30min
My interests include solutions engineering, R&D, project management, blockchain, and workflow automation.
I thrive in leading collaborative teams through the process of establishing goals, monitoring progress, and delivering results to advance core business objectives and support innovation within the industry. I am particularly passionate about defining and documenting reference architecture, framework, principles, and integration pattern(s) applied to organizations.
I have a strong familiarity and understanding of blockchain technology and using solidity for smart contract development, including launching various personal projects like https://www.ninjafloki.io/ on the BSC network and using the THETA network on ERC20 to create a streaming platform. Additionally, I have experience in NFT creation and Defi (staking). 
