Hashed

Hashed is a venture capital firm founded in 2017, with headquarters in San Francisco and Seoul. It is recognized as the largest crypto asset community builder in South Korea, focusing on empowering networks and innovators to foster the decentralized future. The team comprises experienced entrepreneurs and systems engineers dedicated to promoting the global adoption of blockchain technology through education and impactful initiatives. Hashed operates several platforms, including Hashed Lounge, a prominent blockchain meetup group; Hashed Post, a cryptocurrency blog that features interviews with industry leaders; and Hashed Night, a renowned conference and networking brand. The firm is committed to defining its role as a technology and founder-focused entity within the blockchain ecosystem.

Timmy Sangwoo Han

Associate

Sean Hong

CFO and Partner

Seok Won Hong

Investor

Hong Seong-wook

Partner

Seojoon Kim

CEO and Managing Partner

Past deals in eSports

Overworld

Seed Round in 2024
Overworld is a leading game development studio focusing on creating cross-platform free-to-play games with an emphasis on player ownership. The company specializes in designing competitive and social gaming experiences.

Decentralised Gaming Ventures

Seed Round in 2023
Decentralised Gaming Ventures is a web3 game developer committed to assisting the area's top up-and-coming game designers.

CCP Games

Venture Round in 2023
CCP Games is a leading independent developer of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Known for creating immersive universes, their flagship product is EVE Online, along with other projects like Project M5 and FPS titles.

Lysto

Seed Round in 2022
Lysto is a gaming hub that focuses on facilitating growth for game studios and enhancing the gaming experience for players. The company offers services that include playtesting, acquisition, and retention strategies, effectively supporting studios in optimizing their game development processes. Additionally, Lysto provides verification tools and infrastructure that allow gamers to digitize their credentials on the blockchain. This feature enables players to verify their credentials and carry them across various gaming platforms seamlessly. By bridging the gap between game studios and gamers, Lysto aims to create a rewarding ecosystem for both parties.

Community Gaming

Series A in 2022
Community Gaming operates an all-in-one esports competition platform offering blockchain-based payments and scalable tournament management tools for players, guilds, organizers, and game developers; its software enables the creation, facilitation, and participation in automated esports tournaments, featuring built-in wallets and automated, no-fee cryptocurrency rewards; the platform supports Earnings for Everyone by decentralizing rewards through web3 technology; since 2020, it has paid more than 20,000 gamers and created 800,000 wallets, while handling over 50,000 monthly matches.

AcadArena

Seed Round in 2021
AcadArena is a company focused on enhancing the gaming experience for student gamers by providing scholarships, tournaments, and educational opportunities in esports. Founded in 2019 by Ariane Lim, Kevin Hoang, and Justin Banusin, AcadArena aims to support students in developing both their academic and gaming skills. Operating primarily in Southeast Asia, it facilitates collegiate-level esports tournaments across various skill sets and game titles. The company also offers alliance programs and mentorship, enabling students to participate in competitions, win scholarships, and gain valuable insights into the esports industry. Through its initiatives, AcadArena strives to empower student gamers and foster a vibrant campus gaming culture.

Elpis Battle

Venture Round in 2021
Elpis Global operates a blockchain-based gaming platform that aims to create a new gaming metaverse for its users. The platform features an open-world role-playing game (RPG) with a play-to-earn model, allowing participants to contribute to the game ecosystem and earn rewards through their gameplay. Elpis Global develops a variety of games tailored to meet the interests of diverse target audiences, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction. In addition to gaming, the company provides solutions related to blockchain, cryptocurrency, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), further enriching the gaming experience and enabling players to benefit economically while enjoying their time in the metaverse.

Nifty Island

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nifty Island is an open social gaming platform and virtual world developed by Nyft Studios. It serves as the centerpiece of Nyft Studios’ vision, offering interoperable games, an NFT marketplace, play-to-earn protocols, and game developer tools and infrastructure to support a player-owned metaverse powered by web3. The platform focuses on blockchain-based social gaming, enabling users to play, display and trade non-fungible tokens, build communities, and earn cryptocurrency by contributing content, with users maintaining control over their content within the gameverse.

Community Gaming

Seed Round in 2021
Community Gaming operates an all-in-one esports competition platform offering blockchain-based payments and scalable tournament management tools for players, guilds, organizers, and game developers; its software enables the creation, facilitation, and participation in automated esports tournaments, featuring built-in wallets and automated, no-fee cryptocurrency rewards; the platform supports Earnings for Everyone by decentralizing rewards through web3 technology; since 2020, it has paid more than 20,000 gamers and created 800,000 wallets, while handling over 50,000 monthly matches.
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