James Tong

Mr. Tong is a Vice President at White Hat Capital Partners. At White Hat, Mr. Tong has led the Firm’s investment in Rosetta Stone. Prior to joining White Hat in 2017, he was a member of Stifel’s Global Technology Investment Banking practice where he performed a wide range of financial analyses and advised technology companies on strategic and capital-raising transactions. Mr. Tong’s advisory experience includes numerous acquirer-side and seller-side semiconductor M&A transactions including cross-border, hostile and divestiture assignments.

Prior to Stifel, Mr. Tong was an Analyst at Anvil Advisors, a boutique investment bank in New York with a leading position in independent valuation advisory services for venture-backed companies. At Anvil Advisors, Mr. Tong completed over 50 valuation engagements on companies spanning stages of development from startup to pre-IPO and across a variety of industries, including Digital Advertising (Buzzfeed, Foursquare), Enterprise Software (Black Duck Software, Return Path), Health Insurance (Oscar) and Internet Retail (Etsy, Harry’s Razors).

Mr. Tong received his B.S. in Finance and Economics from the Stern School of Business at New York University in 2013.