Hashed

Hashed is a venture capital firm and accelerator established in 2017, with headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, and an additional office in San Francisco, California. It specializes in investing in startups within the technology and blockchain industries, aiming to promote the global adoption of blockchain technology. The firm is recognized as the largest crypto assets fund in South Korea and is driven by a team of experienced entrepreneurs and engineers dedicated to fostering innovation. Hashed also engages in community building through initiatives such as Hashed Lounge, a blockchain meetup group; Hashed Post, a platform for cryptocurrency insights; and Hashed Night, a series of conferences and networking events. The firm focuses on empowering innovators and defining key aspects of technology and founder-focused investments within the blockchain ecosystem.

Kim Baek-gyeom

Partner

Bonsang Gu

Investor

Kim Gyun-tae

Partner

Timmy Han

Associate

Seok Won Hong

Investor

Sean Hong

CFO and Partner

Daniel Minsu Kim

Venture Partner

Gyuntae Kim

Partner

Seojoon Kim

CEO and Managing Partner

Ethan Kim

Co-Founder and Partner

Hwisang Kim

Chief Investment Officer and Partner

Seojun Kim

CEO

Baek Kyoum Kim

Principal, Director of Investments

Jake Kim

Associate

Seongho Kim

Partner

Ryan Kim

Partner, Co-Founder

Seung-yoon Lee

Venture Partner

Jongho Daniel Park

Research Associate

Jun Park

Associate

Jinwoo Park

Partner and Chief Software Architect

Hong Seong-wook

Partner

Edward Tan

Associate

Sungjin Yoon

Investor

Past deals in Peer to Peer

NEAR

Private Equity Round in 2022
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops the NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain platform designed for creating decentralized applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Protocol supports the development of open-source software and aims to facilitate mainstream adoption of decentralized technologies. The platform offers various services, including documentation, a wallet, a development studio, and an explorer, all built to enhance user experience and development efficiency. It is engineered to handle high-value assets securely while providing the necessary scalability for a wide range of decentralized applications. NEAR's focus on ease of use for both developers and end users distinguishes it in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

NEAR

Venture Round in 2022
NEAR Inc. is a company that develops the NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain platform designed for creating decentralized applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, NEAR Protocol supports the development of open-source software and aims to facilitate mainstream adoption of decentralized technologies. The platform offers various services, including documentation, a wallet, a development studio, and an explorer, all built to enhance user experience and development efficiency. It is engineered to handle high-value assets securely while providing the necessary scalability for a wide range of decentralized applications. NEAR's focus on ease of use for both developers and end users distinguishes it in the evolving landscape of blockchain technology.

Phi Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Phi Labs focuses on developing blockchain tools and protocols that empower developers, creators, and entrepreneurs. By leveraging a global team of web pioneers, the company aims to enhance the accessibility of application development. As a contributor to the Archway protocol, Phi Labs rewards blockchain developers for their contributions, further fostering innovation within the ecosystem. Through its commitment to open-source initiatives, Phi Labs seeks to create an inclusive environment that supports the growth and development of blockchain technology.

Ramper

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ramper is a company founded in 2022 and based in San Francisco, California, that focuses on simplifying access to blockchain applications. It offers a software solution designed to facilitate the onboarding of users to web3, allowing individuals without any cryptocurrency background to access applications easily. By employing a one-click wallet and login system, Ramper enables developers to streamline the onboarding process, thereby reducing friction and promoting wider adoption of web3 technologies.

PlotX

Seed Round in 2022
PlotX is a developer of a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that operates a market prediction platform tailored for the cryptocurrency community. The platform utilizes a non-refundable functional utility token as the medium of exchange among participants in its prediction markets. It offers features such as automated market making, crypto-asset price predictions, and liquidity mining, allowing users to engage in high-yield prediction markets. Additionally, PlotX provides rewards settlement and automated prediction calculations, ensuring a streamlined experience for users looking to earn rewards through participation in various price feeds.

MYTY

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a decentralized social platform intended to convert crypto punks NFT into avatars. The company's network allows users to escape the constraints of the real world by using NFT avatars, enabling users to freely express themselves by maximizing their imagination in the social metaverse.

Liquality

Seed Round in 2021
Liquality is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency provider based in Brooklyn, New York, that specializes in facilitating cross-chain atomic swaps. The company operates an atomic swap interface platform that enables users to seamlessly exchange digital assets between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoin DAI on the mainnet. Liquality has developed a Chain Abstraction Layer, which enhances the security and efficiency of these swaps, and it is currently live for use between Bitcoin and Ethereum. Additionally, Liquality is working on an autonomous agent to create listings for users' cryptocurrencies and provides access to a suite of decentralized finance (DeFi) products directly from users' wallets. Its open-source contracts ensure that funds remain secure and are fully owned by users until execution, promoting a disintermediated approach to digital asset exchange and liquidity expansion.

Liquality

Seed Round in 2021
Liquality is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency provider based in Brooklyn, New York, that specializes in facilitating cross-chain atomic swaps. The company operates an atomic swap interface platform that enables users to seamlessly exchange digital assets between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoin DAI on the mainnet. Liquality has developed a Chain Abstraction Layer, which enhances the security and efficiency of these swaps, and it is currently live for use between Bitcoin and Ethereum. Additionally, Liquality is working on an autonomous agent to create listings for users' cryptocurrencies and provides access to a suite of decentralized finance (DeFi) products directly from users' wallets. Its open-source contracts ensure that funds remain secure and are fully owned by users until execution, promoting a disintermediated approach to digital asset exchange and liquidity expansion.

Connext

Series A in 2021
Connext, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that develops software enabling users to purchase and manage blockchain applications. It offers a platform for peer-to-peer micropayments, leveraging the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate instant and low-cost transfers globally. Connext's modular interoperability protocol enhances liquidity settlement across various blockchain networks, allowing for secure cross-chain applications that enable efficient fund and data transfers. The company's innovative features include direct card purchases for token acquisition, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities, aimed at empowering individuals by transforming finance through decentralized systems.

Injective

Funding Round in 2021
Injective Protocol Inc. is a company that develops and operates a decentralized derivatives exchange and trading platform. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, it offers a layer-2 exchange protocol designed to enhance borderless finance. The platform supports various trading options, including margin trading, derivatives, and futures, while also enabling decentralized lending and short or long margin trading. Notably, it features mechanisms to eliminate front-running, ensuring fair liquidity sharing among users.

Anchor Protocol

Venture Round in 2021
Anchor Protocol is a savings platform that provides crypto natives, fintech companies, and investors a stable, high interest rate finance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

dYdX

Series B in 2021
dYdX Trading Inc. operates a cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform that focuses on derivatives for crypto assets, utilizing the Ethereum blockchain and the 0x protocol. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the platform enables users to engage in peer-to-peer short selling, long positions, and options trading on ERC20 tokens. It also allows for fully collateralized loans, providing essential funding for short sellers. Users can earn interest on their deposits or take out loans for a nominal fee, as well as trade on margin with customizable leverage. dYdX aims to create an open financial system that grants access to powerful financial tools for individuals worldwide.

Injective

Funding Round in 2020
Injective Protocol Inc. is a company that develops and operates a decentralized derivatives exchange and trading platform. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, it offers a layer-2 exchange protocol designed to enhance borderless finance. The platform supports various trading options, including margin trading, derivatives, and futures, while also enabling decentralized lending and short or long margin trading. Notably, it features mechanisms to eliminate front-running, ensuring fair liquidity sharing among users.

Injective

Venture Round in 2020
Injective Protocol Inc. is a company that develops and operates a decentralized derivatives exchange and trading platform. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, it offers a layer-2 exchange protocol designed to enhance borderless finance. The platform supports various trading options, including margin trading, derivatives, and futures, while also enabling decentralized lending and short or long margin trading. Notably, it features mechanisms to eliminate front-running, ensuring fair liquidity sharing among users.

Bounce

Venture Round in 2020
Developer of a decentralized auction protocol built for financial auctions and over-the-counter markets. The company offers a marketplace for launching and conducting various types of auctions with seamless on-chain settlements and provides a competitive swap environment, enabling users to unlock the potential of open finance.

Vega Protocol

Seed Round in 2019
Fully automated processes and incentives for trading margined financial products allow for markets that are open and decentralised, with pseudonymous participants.

Vega Protocol

Seed Round in 2019
Fully automated processes and incentives for trading margined financial products allow for markets that are open and decentralised, with pseudonymous participants.

SKALE Labs

Venture Round in 2019
SKALE Labs, founded in 2015 and based in Atherton, California, develops a blockchain scalability platform that addresses the challenges of scalability in decentralized applications (dApps) and blockchain networks. The SKALE Network operates as a decentralized, open-source peer-to-peer network designed to facilitate high-speed consensus, enabling dApps to execute smart contracts at millions of transactions per second. This middleware layer enhances the interaction between dApps and various blockchain platforms, including Ethereum and EOS, by utilizing a utility token for staking and is supported by SKALE Mining nodes. By providing a robust protocol, SKALE Labs empowers developers to optimize the performance and scalability of their applications.

Handshake

Seed Round in 2018
Handshake Development Inc., also known as Handshake Foundation, operates a decentralized certificate authority and naming protocol utilizing blockchain technology. The company has developed the Handshake protocol, which is a permissionless and decentralized system that allows users to manage and validate the root zone, serving as an alternative to traditional certificate authorities. By maintaining the root zone file in a decentralized manner, Handshake aims to ensure that the naming system is uncensorable and free from gatekeepers. This protocol facilitates a collaborative environment where individuals can agree on names and cryptographic keys without a single entity monopolizing the naming process. Incorporated in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Handshake represents a significant innovation in the realm of digital naming and identity verification.

Handshake

Seed Round in 2018
Handshake Development Inc., also known as Handshake Foundation, operates a decentralized certificate authority and naming protocol utilizing blockchain technology. The company has developed the Handshake protocol, which is a permissionless and decentralized system that allows users to manage and validate the root zone, serving as an alternative to traditional certificate authorities. By maintaining the root zone file in a decentralized manner, Handshake aims to ensure that the naming system is uncensorable and free from gatekeepers. This protocol facilitates a collaborative environment where individuals can agree on names and cryptographic keys without a single entity monopolizing the naming process. Incorporated in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Handshake represents a significant innovation in the realm of digital naming and identity verification.

QuarkChain

Seed Round in 2018
QuarkChain Inc. is a blockchain company based in Palo Alto, California, established in 2018. It specializes in developing a high-capacity peer-to-peer transactional system that utilizes blockchain sharding technology to achieve flexible and scalable infrastructure. QuarkChain is recognized for being one of the first public blockchains to successfully implement state sharding technology, which allows it to handle more than 100,000 transactions per second (TPS). In early testing phases, the system has already reached over 14,000 peak TPS. The company has formed partnerships with over 50 organizations within its ecosystem, aiming to make blockchain technology accessible and usable for a broad audience. By supporting various consensus mechanisms, ledgers, transaction models, and token economics, QuarkChain provides secure and decentralized solutions for enterprises to address their business challenges effectively.

Wireline

Seed Round in 2018
Wireline is a decentralized network for peer-to-peer and serverless cloud computing. Services running on Wireline benefit from the scaling and high-availability guarantees of internet-scale serverless architecture; the blockchain-backed registry provides a decentralized mechanism for application and service discovery.

Connext

Convertible Note in 2018
Connext, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that develops software enabling users to purchase and manage blockchain applications. It offers a platform for peer-to-peer micropayments, leveraging the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate instant and low-cost transfers globally. Connext's modular interoperability protocol enhances liquidity settlement across various blockchain networks, allowing for secure cross-chain applications that enable efficient fund and data transfers. The company's innovative features include direct card purchases for token acquisition, decentralized compliance, and walletless signature capabilities, aimed at empowering individuals by transforming finance through decentralized systems.

Pundi X

Seed Round in 2017
Pundi X is a blockchain company that's creating a new era of decentralized world to improve your everyday life. It has created two world's first blockchain-based devices. The first one is the XPOS which is a leading blockchain-based point of sale solution that enables merchants and customers to easily buy, sell and transact in digital currency. The second is the groundbreaking Blok On Blok (BOB) phone powered by Function X which allows users to use blockchain to browse, text and call on the phone without going through a centralized service provider. Pundi X is also working on developing the Function X ecosystem that is designed to be open source, scalable, secure & fully decentralized for companies & developers to build on, creating a future where users will truly control and own their data.

Red Pulse

Seed Round in 2017
Red Pulse is a tokenized research ecosystem for China's economy and capital markets. The company incorporates its own cryptocurrency RPX to facilitate an open and transparent sharing economy for research, and is developing a machine learning-based matching engine to connect industry experts with institutions seeking market insights to make better business decisions. Ultimately, Red Pulse aims to solve the problem that we all face today: Information overload.

Kyber Network

Seed Round in 2017
Kyber Network PTE. Ltd. operates an online platform that facilitates the exchange and conversion of digital assets through an on-chain liquidity protocol. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, Kyber aggregates liquidity from various reserves to provide instant and secure token exchanges for decentralized applications. The platform offers vendors the ability to accept payments in multiple tokens while receiving their preferred token, enhancing e-commerce transactions. Additionally, Kyber provides rich payment APIs and a contract wallet that allows users to receive payments seamlessly. The protocol supports a variety of inter-token use cases, enabling decentralized applications to allow non-token holders to access their services, and allowing decentralized financial projects to rebalance portfolios quickly. Overall, Kyber Network serves as a multi-chain trading and liquidity hub, connecting diverse liquidity sources to optimize trading rates.

Kyber Network

Initial Coin Offering in 2017
Kyber Network PTE. Ltd. operates an online platform that facilitates the exchange and conversion of digital assets through an on-chain liquidity protocol. Founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, Kyber aggregates liquidity from various reserves to provide instant and secure token exchanges for decentralized applications. The platform offers vendors the ability to accept payments in multiple tokens while receiving their preferred token, enhancing e-commerce transactions. Additionally, Kyber provides rich payment APIs and a contract wallet that allows users to receive payments seamlessly. The protocol supports a variety of inter-token use cases, enabling decentralized applications to allow non-token holders to access their services, and allowing decentralized financial projects to rebalance portfolios quickly. Overall, Kyber Network serves as a multi-chain trading and liquidity hub, connecting diverse liquidity sources to optimize trading rates.
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