# Ethan Kyuntae Kim

> Ethan Kyuntae Kim is a South Korean software engineer and co-founder of blockchain venture fund, #Hashed, and a graduate of Seoul National University.

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- Created: 2023-09-14T16:13:05.847Z
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**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)  
  
# Education  
  
Ethan 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)  
  
# Career  
  
Ethan 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)  
  
In 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)  
  
## #Hashed  
  
Ethan 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)  
  
[#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)  
  
In 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)  
  
Ethan 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)