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Benjamin Joffe

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Benjamin Joffe is the leading expert on Asia’s digital space and an angel investor in Asia-based global companies.

Benjamin has lived in China, Japan, South Korea and SE Asia for over 10 years and is the founder of the Asia-focused research and strategy consultancy +8* (Plus Eight Star).

The company has served clients including large MNCs such as Microsoft and Adidas as well as prominent startups such as IMVU, Tumblr, Kabam, Layar and Mig33.

Benjamin spoke in over 100 events in 20 countries on the topics of social networks, virtual goods, Asia and innovation.

He is a mentor at 500 Startups (Mountain View), Yetizen (San Francisco), Founder Institute (Global), JFDI (Singapore), GammaRebels (Poland) and Chinaccelerator (China)

He is the founder of Mobile Monday in Beijing and an angel investor in Cmune (global leader in 3D social games) and MyGengo (online platform for human translation).

Recent Milestones

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  Benjamin Joffe invested in PayrollHero. (2/19/13)
  Posted 2/19/13 at 8:53pm via techcrunch.com
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  Benjamin Joffe added a position as Founder & Chief Samaritan at DayDeed.com. (12/25/11)
  Posted 6/6/12 at 9:20am
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  Benjamin Joffe added a position as Chief Digital Naturalist at +8* | Plus Eight Star. (9/1/03)
  Posted 6/6/12 at 9:20am
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  Benjamin Joffe added a position as Investor at Gengo.
  Posted 6/6/12 at 9:16am
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  Benjamin Joffe added a position as Mentor at 500 Startups.
  Posted 6/6/12 at 9:13am
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  Benjamin Joffe added a position as Founding Partner at Cmune.
  Posted 2/14/11 at 7:45am
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  Benjamin Joffe added a position as Mentor at Founder Institute.
  Posted 6/6/12 at 9:20am

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. PayrollHero Gets $1 Million In Seed Funding For Dev Efforts In Asia (techcrunch.com) [edit]