Pragma Ventures
Venture capitalSeoul Β· 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Pragma Ventures backs early-stage ventures at the frontier of distributed systems, Web3, and AI. It targets the entire Web3 ecosystem, from foundational infrastructure to applications, and favors teams tackling hard technical problems such as novel consensus mechanisms, DeFi, zero-knowledge proofs, scalability solutions, Bitcoin-based projects, and the intersection of AI and crypto. The firm prizes contrarian, first-principles thinking over incremental improvements. Its value-add is deep technical research support drawn from a team with distributed systems research backgrounds, plus strong South Korean market exposure and pre-TGE assistance through connections to market makers, launchpads, and media.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 2, 2026.
Team Β· 4 people
from the firm's website
An Associate Professor of Computer Science at POSTECH with a PhD from Rice University and prior work at Microsoft Research and ARM Research. He leads a research lab focused on AI systems, real-time big data analytics, and emerging hardware.
Holds a BSc in Computer Science from Inha University, South Korea, and has years of venture capital experience in South Korea. He offers strategic insights and network access for portfolio projects expanding into the Korean market, with expertise in AI, DePIN, and the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, with research in distributed systems and industry experience in blockchain including decentralized storage, algorithmic trading, and indexing. He provides technical support to portfolio companies and works on DeFi and smart contract solutions.
Holds a PhD in Computer Science from Seoul National University and created Fluffy, a differential fuzzer that uncovered Ethereum consensus bugs, one of which led to the November 2020 Ethereum hard fork. He is CEO and founder of Nodeinfra.
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does Pragma Ventures focus on?
- Pragma Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.
- Where is Pragma Ventures located?
- Pragma Ventures is headquartered in Seoul, KR.
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