Former CEO of MySpace Michael Jones Joined LAToken Advisory Board
Industry: Technology
Cayman Islands (PRUnderground) September 15th, 2017
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LAToken, the first multi-asset tokenisation platform, today announced the addition of Michael Jones to its Advisory Board.
Jones, the CEO of Science Inc. and former MySpace CEO has an impressive track record as an entrepreneur, manager and investor, and is one of One of Los Angeles’ most active angel investors with over $2 billion in exits.
In 2011, he founded Science Inc., the disruptive media, marketing and brand building company that creates, invests, acquires and scales successful digital businesses. Recently, Science Inc. announced a new incubator, “Science Blockchain,” that will allow investors to participate through an ICO in a focused effort to operationalize, grow and monetize Blockchain technology and its applications.
Mike also sat on the board of Dollar Shave Club, HelloSociety, docstoc, Famebit and DogVacay until acquisition. From 2009 to 2011, Mike was the CEO of Myspace, responsible for one of the most high-profile turn-around challenges in the industry, and its ultimate sale to Specific Media on behalf of NewsCorp.
He has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses returning $500 million in successful outcomes for investors, including application platform Userplane (acquired by AOL), Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia and Brizzly.
“The LAToken platform has added tremendous value to Blockchain implementation and has revolutionized how cryptocurrency is traded in the real economy,” said Jones, adding “I am thrilled to be joining the LAToken board and working closely with this team.”
“LAToken advisors bring deep expertise in legal and compliance, IT and blockchain, finance and asset markets,” — says Valentin Preobrazhenskiy, CEO of LAToken.
LAToken has already attracted top-notch experts from global financial institutions, IT and security companies to its Advisory Board, that now includes Cecilia Mueller Chen (UBS, Deutsche Boerse), Bradley Rotter (Rivetz), Anish Mohammed (Hyperloop), Mitchell Manoff (Corinthian Partners) and others.
About LAToken
LAToken transforms access to capital, and enables cryptocurrencies to be widely used in the real economy by making real assets tradable in crypto.
We decentralize capital markets, making them more transparent, efficient and sustainable, while removing the cost of traditional middle men and “too big to fail” institutions.
This results in smarter capital flow, empowering people across the world to bring their most productive ideas to life for the ultimate benefit of society.
About Science Inc.
Science Inc. is the disruptive media, marketing and brand building company that creates, invests, acquires and scales successful digital businesses. Science brings together the best ideas, talent, resources and financing through a centralized platform. The platform is leveraged to develop new businesses, provide emerging startups with operational strategy and capital and transform later-stage Internet ventures with new talent and innovation. The company has co-founded and invested in more than 70 companies, including Dollar Shave Club, DogVacay, HelloSociety, FameBit, Earny, Pray and Mammoth, the media company that reaches 30% of U.S. teens every month through social broadcasting and App Store top 100 apps like Wishbone and Yarn. For more information, visit science-inc.com.
