# Alice Ma

> Alice Ma is the co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of Mad Realities, a New York media company building 'the MTV of the internet generation.' She designs unscripted shows made natively for social feeds - Shop Cats, Hollywood IQ, Proof of Love, Keep the Meter Running - that have racked up more than a billion views across just eight shows. Before TV, she helped run ConstitutionDAO, which raised $53 million in seven days, studied computer science, political economy and Arabic at UC Berkeley, and published the first investigation into terrorist crowdfunding on Bitcoin. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, she is trying to bootstrap a new Hollywood ecosystem out of the participation mechanics of K-pop and crypto.

- **Role:** Co-founder, CEO + Creative Director at Mad Realities
- **Organizations:** Mad Realities, ConstitutionDAO, Archer, Scape Co
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Computer Science, Political Economy, and Arabic, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Mad Realities, generating over a billion views across eight shows, Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Helped raise $53M in seven days as a core organizer of ConstitutionDAO

## Career timeline

- **earlier** — Co-founded Archer, expanding public-data access for citizen journalists; received a medal from the US Department of the Treasury
- **earlier** — Published the first investigation into terrorist crowdfunding via Bitcoin, later cited in congressional discussions
- **2021** — Core organizer of ConstitutionDAO, which raised $53M in seven days to bid on a copy of the US Constitution
- **2021** — Co-founded Mad Realities; began as CEO and Creative Director
- **2022** — Raised $6M seed round (Paradigm, Maveron, Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media) and launched the interactive dating show Proof of Love, selling out Webster Hall
- **2024** — Launched social-first hit shows Shop Cats and Hollywood IQ
- **2025** — Mad Realities reaches a billion views across eight shows; named to Forbes 30 Under 30; speaks at Advertising Week NY and Cherry Bombe Jubilee

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Mad Realities, generating over a billion views across eight shows
- Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list
- Helped raise $53M in seven days as a core organizer of ConstitutionDAO
- Raised a $6M seed round backed by Paradigm, Maveron and Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media
- Published the first investigation into terrorist crowdfunding on Bitcoin
- Received a medal from the US Department of the Treasury for a social venture
- Built shows (Shop Cats, Hollywood IQ) that drew 250M+ views in months

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Featured as a speaker at Advertising Week New York 2025 on social-first media and brand building.
- **2025-06** — Selected as Cherry Bombe Jubilee 2025 talent.
- **2025-01** — Mad Realities surpasses a billion cumulative views across eight shows; a six-person team out-earns the prior year's ad revenue by Q1.

## Links

- Website: https://alice.fm/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alicema15
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/alicemama15
- GitHub: https://github.com/alicema15
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicemamama/

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Last updated: 2026-06-25