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James Dougall

Portfolio Manager | Digital Assets & Blockchain VC | ETF Strategies | Capital Raising | VCC Structuring | HNW Advisory | Singapore | Europe

Singapore

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Director Wealth Management

    2024

    - Lead manager for discretionary multi-asset ETF portfolios - Acquiring and advising HNW clients - Driving digital asset strategy and portfolio integration - Co-leading launch of institutional Singapore VCC fund (blockchain VC) and designated to serve as Portfolio Manager

  • Founding Partner

    2018

    - Co-founded blockchain VC firm and raised over CHF 7 million in capital from private investors - Invested in 20+ blockchain startups across infrastructure, DeFi and web3 - Launched 2 Luxembourg VC funds - Currently seeding the Alpha Quest Singapore VCC fund with our existing portfolio of companies

  • Founder and Managing Director

    2009 - 2024

    - Built and managed multi-asset ETF and liquid crypto portfolios - Partnered with BlackRock iShares as part of their third-party manager programme, with a focus on ESG portfolio construction and quantitative analytics - Delivered multi-year outperformance across all strategies - Acquired and advised over USD 50 million in client AuM - ETF strategies formally moved to Alpha Quest Pte Ltd in Q1 2024

2004 - 2009

  • Executive Director, Global Telecoms Sales

    2004 - 2009

    - Ran long/short global telecoms book for hedge fund clients - Covered hedge funds and institutions across the UK, Europe, and the USA - Contributed to team ranking improvement (II Survey: 7th to 3rd in 2008)

1999 - 2004

  • Director, Pan-European Equity Sales

    1999 - 2004

    - Pan-European equity sales to German institutional investors - Built new into-Germany equity sales business line

1995 - 1998

  • Associate Director

    1995 - 1998

    - Pan-European generalist equity sales - Built a top-ranked into-Germany European equity sales team