Four Pillars is a global blockchain research firm driven by thesis-based analysis. ^[1][2]

Overview

Founded in June 2023 by Namwoong Kim, Four Pillars' is a crypto content-focused organization with a mission to:

"maintain an innovative edge in the industry by staying updated with the latest trends for each research thesis set, recognizing and introducing promising crypto projects, and by having skin in the game with companies related to our thesis." - the website described. ^[3]

Four Pillars offers written content and podcast insights spanning the gaming industry, cryptocurrency, web3, DeFi, governance, and infrastructure. ^[1]

Team

Four Pillars is made up of the founding members and researchers namely:

• Namwoong Kim - CEO & researcher
• Jaehwan Jeong - Operation Lead & Researcher
• Sungjun Eun - Sungjun Eun
• 100y - Publishing Lead & Researcher
• Heechang Kang - Product Lead & Researcher
• Soomin Lee - Designer

Investors

Four Pillars secured a $KRW 700 million investment from Kakao Ventures, #HASHED, and BASS Investment in January 2024. ^[3][4][5]

“Our foremost task and objective is to foster a developer-friendly environment through our quality research and products derived from it.” Co-founder & CEO Namwoong Kim commented.

“By addressing the challenges faced by both users and developers, we aim to lower the barriers to entry into the blockchain sector and expand the overall market of Web3.”

Ecosystem partners include Sei, Polygon, Solana, dYdX, Finschia, Nethermind, LI.FI, Radius, Iskra, and M3TA. ^[4]