Hashed

Hashed is a blockchain and frontier-technology venture capital firm headquartered in Seoul, Korea. It was founded in September 2017 by Simon Seojoon Kim, Ryan Sungho Kim and Ethan Kyuntae Kim, and invests in and supports teams building decentralized networks, applications, games, developer tools and infrastructure, as well as companies working at the intersection of AI and crypto. The firm describes its approach as investing from a startup operator's perspective, providing strategic support for portfolio growth rather than assessing financial value alone.

The firm organizes its work around impact investment (backing protocol-level technology projects, token-economy applications with real-world use, and decentralization-based solutions to social problems), community building around decentralized networks, and acceleration support that includes white paper drafting, token model design and introductions to local investors and community builders. Beyond the core fund, several independent subsidiaries operate under Hashed: Hashed Emergent (emerging-market investment), UNOPND (early Web3 startup incubation), Factomind (data-driven insight and market solutions for Web3 builders), ShardLab (fintech and crypto R&D), KODA (institutional custody), and Hashed Open Research (regulatory and policy research).

The team spans investment, legal, finance, portfolio management, communications and technical functions, with partners including Simon Seojoon Kim (CEO & Managing Partner), Ryan Sungho Kim and Ethan Kyuntae Kim (cofounders and partners), Sean Hong (CFO & Partner), Baek Kim (Partner) and Edward Hong (CPO & Partner), plus legal leadership in Korea and India and a business development presence in Abu Dhabi."},{}