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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Jason Fernandes<br />
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| occupation = {{hlist|Entrepreneur|financial advisor|writer}}<br />
| known_for = [[Blockchain]], [[Internet of Things]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Texas at Austin]]<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.jasonfernandes.com/}}<br />
| relatives = [[Carlos Nicholas Fernandes]] (brother)<br />
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'''Jason Fernandes''' is Web3 [[entrepreneur]], Investor,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kundu |first=Hardik |date=2022-12-27 |title=The Accidental Crypto Investor |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/the-accidental-crypto-investor/441814 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Entrepreneur |language=en}}</ref> and technology columnist hailing from [[Goa]]. Fernandes is the co-founder of AdLunam Inc.a Web3 investment platform. As a teenager, Fernandes founded the internet portal ZeoCities.com, the non-profit LDKids.org and wrote for ''[[Intelligent Computing CHIP magazine (India)|CHIP Magazine]]''.<ref><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-i-genius-chronicling-gifted-children-1964290<br />
|title=I. Genius: Chronicling gifted children<br />
|work=DNA India<br />
|date=February 23, 2014<br />
|access-date=November 17, 2018<br />
|first=Patricia<br />
|last=Mascarenhas<br />
}}</ref> Later, while studying at the [[University of Texas, Austin]], Fernandes co-invented the [[Network DVR|Internet-based DVR]], [[InstantTV]],<ref><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/The%2BBusiness%2BTimes/Story/A1Story20101202-250486.html<br />
|title=Appeals court hits RecordTV's play button<br />
|work=The Business Times<br />
|date=Dec 2, 2010<br />
|access-date=November 17, 2018<br />
|first=Michelle<br />
|last=Quah<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403175908/http://www.asiaone.com/News/The+Business+Times/Story/A1Story20101202-250486.html<br />
|archive-date=2018-04-03<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref> and was part of the founding team at PerceptiveI (a company that developed ECRM software for [[Fortune Global 500|Fortune 500]] companies). Fernandes was a monthly technology columnist for [[GlobeAsia Magazine]], Indonesia for 5 years producing over 60 columns over this period. Fernandes is often quoted in Web3 publications and has spoken at [[TEDx]] events.<ref name="TEDxSpeakers"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url = http://www.navhindtimes.in/the-speakers-of-tedx-panaji/<br />
|title = The Speakers of TEDx-Panaji<br />
|work = [[The Navhind Times]]<br />
|date = Jan 24, 2017<br />
|access-date = 2018-11-15<br />
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|url-status = live<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Jason Fernandes was born in Bombay (now known as [[Mumbai]]) to artists Thomas and Jeanette Fernandes. Fernandes was a teenager when he was diagnosed with dyslexia. It was then that he was given access to the family computer, which started his journey into technology.<ref name="BBCTriumph" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
===Teenage years===<br />
In 1998, Fernandes bought his first website domain, www.jasonsoftware.com, which later became ZeoCities.com: a [[web portal]] offering free email, websites, search engine, news, and chat. He also became a writer and technology troubleshooter for one of India’s most widely read computer publications, CHIP Magazine (christened Dr. Chip).<ref name="Rediff2000"><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.slideshare.net/JasonFernandes8/an-interview-with-jason-fernandes-who-proves-that-disability-or-otherwise-true-talent-and-determination-knows-no-boundaries-rediff-education-acheiver-track<br />
|title=Rediff Achiever Track - Interview<br />
|work=Rediff.com<br />
|date = March 28, 2000<br />
|first=Dhritiman<br />
|last = Hui<br />
}}</ref> In 1999, Fernandes created Learning Disabled Kids, a non-profit website, as a way of helping others better understand dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, attention deficit disorder and other learning disabilities. For this, in 1999, he was awarded the Childnet International Award (UK).<ref name="BBCTriumph"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/617284.stm<br />
|title=Net triumph for dyslexic boy<br />
|work=BBC UK<br />
|date=Jan 24, 2000<br />
|access-date=November 17, 2018<br />
|first=Sanjeev<br />
|last=Srivastava<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018122929/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/617284.stm<br />
|archive-date=2018-10-18<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref><ref name="LATimesChildnetUK"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-13-fi-43408-story.html<br />
|title=Social 'Dot-coms' Profit on Learning<br />
|newspaper=LA Times<br />
|date=Dec 13, 1999<br />
|access-date=November 17, 2018<br />
|first=Lawrence<br />
|last=Magid <br />
}}</ref><ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtePVEs2Pis<br />
|title=INDIA: BOMBAY: WEBSITE ON DYSLEXIA<br />
|work=Associated Press Archive (YouTube)<br />
}}</ref><br />
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===College years===<br />
Fernandes moved to the [[United States]] to study at the [[University of Texas, Austin]]. While studying there, he was among the founding members of [[RecordTV.com]] (now known as InstantTV), where he holds a patent for a [[Network DVR]]; he also part of the founding team of PerceptiveI, a company that developed patented [[ECRM]] software for [[Fortune Global 500|Fortune 500]] clients like [[Eastman Chemical Company|Eastman Chemical]] Asia Pacific, Great Eastern Life .<ref name="ToISmartKlock"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48914987.cms<br />
|title=Goa's start-up entrepreneur looks for crowd funding from Kickstarter for a smart clock<br />
|work=The Times of India<br />
|date=Sep 11, 2015<br />
|access-date=November 17, 2018<br />
|first=Newton<br />
|last=Sequeira<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161920/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48914987.cms<br />
|archive-date=2018-10-18<br />
|url-status=live <br />
}}</ref><ref name="Patent"><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2008024084A1/en?oq=jason%2bfernandes<br />
|title=WO2008024084A1 - A system and method for recording television and/or radio programmes via the internet - Google Patents<br />
|work=Google Patents<br />
}}</ref><br />
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===Return to India and subsequent career===<br />
After completing his education, Fernandes moved back to India, residing in [[Goa]]. He then started working as a technology columnist for Indonesia’s [[GlobeAsia Magazine]]. Over the years, his writings have appeared in ''The Jakarta Globe'', [[Intelligent Computing CHIP magazine (India)|''CHIP'']], [[Daily News and Analysis|''DNA India'']], ''The Goan'' and [[MW (Indian magazine)|''Man's World Magazin''e]], among others.<ref><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.globeasia.com/search/jason%20fernandes/<br />
|title=Jason Fernades' articles on GlobeAsia Magazine<br />
|access-date=2018-10-18<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161740/https://www.globeasia.com/search/jason%20fernandes/<br />
|archive-date=2018-10-18<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref><ref><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/authors/jason-fernandes<br />
|title=Jason Fernades' author page on DNA India<br />
|access-date=2018-10-18<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018124103/https://www.dnaindia.com/authors/jason-fernandes<br />
|archive-date=2018-10-18<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref><br />
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Fernandes helped develop SmartKlock, a "smart" clock that gave its users only important notifications. For this product, he ran a Kickstarter campaign.<ref><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://echai.in/discover/smartklock-inc<br />
|title=SmartKlock - Reinventing the Clock!<br />
|work=eChai<br />
|date=19 July 2017<br />
}}</ref> Eager to hear more opinions on it, he wrote to [[Steve Wozniak]] in September 2014. Wozniak replied with an encouraging note and an autographed photograph of the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] co-founders sitting with the [[Apple I]] prototype.<ref name="ToISmartKlock" /> This venture slowly grew into FUNL Corp, which offers an app designed to block out unnecessary notifications, with a reward-based system (working on blockchain). Along with Vadim Fedotov and Gene Hoffman, Fernandes also co-founded [[Malta]]-based AET Ventures (AEToken).<br />
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Fernandes has advised the country of [[Barbados]], the [[Government of Goa]], and multiple Goan political parties on IT and Education policy.<ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6864<br />
|title=Take IT to villages; get Goan youngsters back to Goa |work=GoaNews.com <br />
|access-date=2018-10-18<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018141010/http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6864<br />
|archive-date=2018-10-18<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref> He was a speaker at TEDxPanaji in 2017,<ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/tedxpanaji-makes-grand-debut/<br />
|title=TEDxPanaji makes grand debut<br />
|work=Navhind Times<br />
|access-date=2018-10-18<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207093152/http://www.navhindtimes.in/tedxpanaji-makes-grand-debut/<br />
|archive-date=2017-02-07<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref><ref name="TEDxSpeakers"/> keynote speaker at the International Blockchain Congress,<ref name="IBCStartupGoa"><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvZE8dxi4w&t=299<br />
|title=Are ICOs The Next IPO? International Blockchain Congress<br />
|website=[[YouTube]]<br />
|date=12 August 2018<br />
}}</ref> and has been a featured speaker at events hosted by the [[Computer Society of India]], Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), [[Goa University]], [[BITS Pilani]] University, [[Goa Engineering College]] and 91Springboard.<ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Business/In-Business/Blockchain-New-kid-on-the-tech-block/135020.html<br />
|title=Blockchain: New kid on the tech block<br />
|work=Herald Goa<br />
|date=Aug 20, 2018<br />
|access-date=November 17, 2018<br />
|first=Vikant<br />
|last=Sahay <br />
}}</ref><br />
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===Blockchain and Cryptocurrency===<br />
In November 2017, Fernandes founded [[blockchain]] startup FUNL Corp, a platform that “filters notifications using a social blocking approach making real-time intelligent decisions on whether to block or let a notification through to your phone based on data executed from other users”.<ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=http://newsonair.nic.in//writereaddata/Archive/2017112917049-FMGOLD-Parikrama-Bulletins-56988.mp3<br />
|title=All India Radio (AIR) Parikrama - Radio Show<br />
|date=Nov 27, 2017<br />
|work=News On AIR<br />
|access-date=November 17, 2018<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024232206/http://newsonair.nic.in//writereaddata/Archive/2017112917049-FMGOLD-Parikrama-Bulletins-56988.mp3<br />
|archive-date=2018-10-24<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref> Later, Fernandes co-founded a blockchain based payment solution for the [[affiliate marketing]] industry (built on the [[Ethereum]] blockchain as a side chain), called Affiliate Economy Token or AEToken. In October 2018, AEToken won the competition for the best ICO pitch at the Malta Blockchain Summit.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://digitalgoa.com/malta-blockchain-summit/<br />
|title=Company Co-Founded by Goan Entrepreneur Jason Fernandes bags award at Malta Blockchain Summit<br />
|work=Digital Goa<br />
|access-date=2018-11-04<br />
|archive-date=2018-11-04<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104160047/http://digitalgoa.com/malta-blockchain-summit/<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businessgoa.in/aetoken-win-at-malta-blockchain-summit/|title=AEToken win at Malta Blockchain Summit |work=Business Goa|date=November 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><br />
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In December 2018, Fernandes became a biweekly guest on [[Malta]]’s BloxliveTV, for his opinion on cryptocurrency. He has since appeared on their "Crypto Now" and the "New On The Block" shows.<ref>{{Citation|last=Katapy|title=Jason Fernandes and Edward Iskra talk best blockchain use cases|url=https://rcm.system73.com/KTDATA/393/lrgimgthumb/88264.jpg|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-date=2019-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720042340/https://rcm.system73.com/KTDATA/393/lrgimgthumb/88264.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2019, they profiled Fernandes on their show "Be Influenced", which highlights people in the blockchain industry.<ref>{{Citation|last=Katapy|title=Jason Fernandes on staying ahead of emerging technologies|url=https://rcm.system73.com/KTDATA/393/lrgimgthumb/88930.jpg|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-date=2019-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403173341/https://rcm.system73.com/KTDATA/393/lrgimgthumb/88930.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In 2019, Fernandes decided to launch his own channel, ''TokenJay.TV'', which promotes people in the blockchain industry and working in other technologies that promote sustainability.<ref name="GoanTokenJay">{{Cite news|url=http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=55980|title=Award-winning Goan entrepreneur to launch media channel TokenJay.TV|date=12 December 2019|work=The Goan Everyday|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref><br />
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In 2021 AdLunam Inc. was co founded by Jason Fernandes, Nadja Bester and Lawrence C Hutson and was incorporated in the [[British Virgin Islands]]. Serving as a Launchpad and Accelerator for projects that mint tokens leading to a public offering called an IDO (Initial Dex Offering). It raised USD 1 Million Dollars in 24 hours and completed raising USD 2 Million dollars in 5 days successfully closing its funding round.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-03 |title=Crypto launchpad co-founded by Goan raises $2m in 5 days |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/crypto-launchpad-co-founded-by-goan-raises-2m-in-5-days/articleshow/89955511.cms |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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Recently He was also profiled in Fortune India<ref>{{Cite web |title=JioNews - Breaking News, Latest News, Live News |url=https://jionews.com/magazine/978/%7Bwindow.location.href%7D |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=JioNews - Breaking News, Latest News, Live News |language=en}}</ref> 40 under 40 magazine edition.<br />
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Fernandes often speaks on the subjects of [[cryptocurrency]] and blockchain at conferences and seminars. He has been a Keynote speaker at a Blockchain seminar at [[Padre Conceição College of Engineering]] (PCCE) in 2018.<ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/%E2%80%98Bigg-Leap-2018%E2%80%99-Entrepreneurial-seminar-and-Business-Idea-contest-held-at-PCCE/136990.html<br />
|title='Bigg Leap 2018' Entrepreneurial seminar and Business Idea contest held at PCCE<br />
|work=Herald Goa<br />
|access-date=2018-10-24<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024233440/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/%E2%80%98Bigg-Leap-2018%E2%80%99-Entrepreneurial-seminar-and-Business-Idea-contest-held-at-PCCE/136990.html<br />
|archive-date=2018-10-24<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}</ref><br />
and has also taken the stage at the World Blockchain Summit 2023 in Dubai & Bangkok,<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Blockchain Summit Global Series on LinkedIn: Speaker |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wbs-series_speaker-activity-7138120951359053824-Uycn |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref> WoW Summit Hong Kong,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-29 |title=Speakers - Hong Kong 2023 {{!}} WOW SUMMIT |url=https://hongkong2023.wowsummit.net/speakers/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |language=en-US}}</ref> Tech Circus Event London UK,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AdLunam Inc. on LinkedIn: 🎉Thrilled to announce that our co-founder Jason Fernandes, is speaking at… |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adlunaminc_thrilled-to-announce-that-our-co-founder-activity-7069355441348071425-jWXt |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref> World Fintech Summit Singapore,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AdLunam Inc. on LinkedIn: #nfts #web3 #metaverse #crypto |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adlunaminc_nfts-web3-metaverse-activity-7067153596441616384-KPT1 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref> Web 3 Carnival Bangalore<ref>{{Cite web |title=Web3 Carnival 2023 |url=https://www.web3carnival.world/speakers |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.web3carnival.world |language=en}}</ref> among others. Jason Fernandes has also hosted the podcast, Diving Into Crypto.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AdLunam: The Future of NFTs |url=https://open.spotify.com/show/2M44BWChyHNVWBxZgKgDcX |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Spotify |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and Accolades==<br />
Fernandes has been awarded the Seaside Startup Summit 2018 Award, Startup@Singapore Award, the First National Technopreneurship competition Award (Singapore), "Best [[Business plan|Business Plan]]" award from Sybase at the Global Entrepreneurs Challenge at [[Stanford University]], [[California]], the Childnet International Award (UK) in 1999<ref name="LATimesChildnetUK"/> and in 2000 he was featured on [[Rediff.com]]'s "Achiever Track".<ref name="Rediff2000" /> In 2015, he won the Asian Scientist Writing Prize, for his piece entitled ''Moore’s Law and Evolution: How non-biological evolution made Charles Darwin irrelevant'', which focused on how evolution has been far outpaced by non-biological evolution and the age of the [[cyborg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goan-wins-acclaim-at-Asian-Science-Writing-Prize/articleshow_new/48302040.cms|title=Goan wins acclaim at Asian Science Writing Prize|last=|first=|date=Aug 1, 2015|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> He also holds a patent for a [[Network DVR]].<ref name="Patent" /> In 2019, he was awarded the [[Karmaveer Chakra Award]].<ref name="GoanTokenJay" /><br />
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He was awarded the Goa Entrepreneurship award in 2023 for Innovation in Blockchain technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Fernandes on LinkedIn: #adlunam {{!}} 11 comments |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thejasonfernandes_adlunam-activity-7035260527052271617-PamZ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref> In March 2023 his company, AdLunam Inc. was awarded with the BOLD awards in 2 categories, BOLDEST NFT and BOLDEST Crowd Funding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AdLunam, Inc. |url=https://bold-awards.com/project/adlunam-inc/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=BOLD Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> In the same year The Times of India Awards North, awarded AdLunam Inc. for Excellence in Innovative Crypto / NFT.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-20 |title=Times Business Awards, North 2023: Acknowledging the very best in Business |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/times-business-awards-north-2023-acknowledging-the-very-best-in-business/articleshow/99638521.cms |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
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* {{YouTube|yXSsrD1y4cI|Taking Control of your digital life {{!}} Jason Fernandes {{!}} TEDxPanaji}}<br />
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