{"id":"ethan-kyuntae-kim","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Ethan Kyuntae Kim","hidden":false,"content":"**Ethan Kyuntae Kim** is a Co-founder and Partner at [#Hashed](https://iq.wiki/wiki/hashed), a South Korean-based blockchain venture fund and project accelerator organization. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0fc0n1bi6w8)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-y94ye7bgbqg)[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-9k1qhv24obv)  \n  \n# Education  \n  \nEthan Kyuntae Kim graduated from Taegu Science High School in 2003. In 2013, he obtained a Bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Seoul National University. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0fc0n1bi6w8)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nEthan Kim started out in December 2007 as a software engineer at AIM Systems, Inc. He also served as a software engineer at Electronics Art (EA) and at Mad Smart, Co. Ltd (startup) in 2009 and 2011 respectively. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0fc0n1bi6w8)  \n  \nIn April 2012, Ethan co-founded Bagelcode and served as the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) until December 2013. He also served as the co-founder and CTO of MOA Games in 2014. From 2015 to 2017, he was a software engineer at Moloco. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0fc0n1bi6w8)  \n  \n## #Hashed  \n  \nEthan Kyuntae Kim joined the #Hashed team in October 2017 as a co-founder and partner of the organization. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0fc0n1bi6w8)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-y94ye7bgbqg)  \n  \n[#Hashed](https://iq.wiki/wiki/hashed) is a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) venture fund, project accelerator, and educator/community builder that focuses on discovering, investing in, and supporting innovative decentralization projects. They approach their investments from a startup perspective, seeking to provide strategic support for the growth of these projects, rather than just assessing their financial value. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-y94ye7bgbqg)  \n  \nIn December 2021, Hashed raised $200 million for a fund dedicated to growing the [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) ecosystem. Hashed did not disclose investors, however, it said the raise included investment from “the largest Korean IT companies, multi-discipline conglomerates, and globally renowned investment firms,” [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-kqdtqaekjz9)  \n  \nEthan is actively overseeing Hashed Labs, the firm’s acceleration program that focuses primarily on investments in [Decentralized Applications](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) (DApps) and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) games. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ze3gj4ea0nc)[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-9k1qhv24obv)","summary":"Ethan Kyuntae Kim is a South Korean software engineer and co-founder of blockchain venture fund, #Hashed, and a graduate of Seoul National University.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"0fc0n1bi6w8\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyuntaekim/?originalSubdomain=kr\",\"description\":\"linkedin profile\",\"timestamp\":1694704947166},{\"id\":\"y94ye7bgbqg\",\"url\":\"https://www.hashed.com/\",\"description\":\"hashed website\",\"timestamp\":1694706876623},{\"id\":\"ze3gj4ea0nc\",\"url\":\"https://www.hashed.com/team/ethan-kyuntae-kim\",\"description\":\"team profile\",\"timestamp\":1694707166388},{\"id\":\"9k1qhv24obv\",\"url\":\"https://www.crunchbase.com/person/kyuntae-ethan-kim\",\"description\":\"crunchbase profile\",\"timestamp\":1694707213650},{\"id\":\"kqdtqaekjz9\",\"url\":\"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/01/hashed-raises-200m-for-web-3-investments/\",\"description\":\"coindesk on $200m raise\",\"timestamp\":1694707953993}]"},{"id":"website","value":"https://www.hashed.com/"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/ethankim77"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyuntaekim/?originalSubdomain=kr"}],"user":{"id":"0x212Cb3F4aE6611054637f9f78F18fB628AD258bb"},"author":{"id":""},"media":[],"views":0,"events":[{"title":"Software Engineer at AIM Systems, Inc.","description":"Ethan Kim started out in December 2007 as a software engineer at AIM Systems, Inc","link":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyuntaekim/details/experience/","date":"2007-12","type":"DEFAULT"},{"title":"Software Engineer at Electronics Arts (EA)","description":"In April 2009, he served as a software engineer at Electronics Art (EA)","link":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyuntaekim/details/experience/","date":"2009-04","type":"DEFAULT"},{"title":"Software Engineer at Mad Smart, Co. 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