Wemade Invests in Hashed Venture Investment Fund 2 to Accelerate WEMIX Ecosystem Expansion

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Wemade announced on the 2nd that it has invested in the 'Hashed Venture Investment Fund No. 2.'

The Hashed Venture Investment Fund is a fund launched by Hashed Ventures, a venture capital company that established Hashed, a blockchain-specialized investment firm. The No. 2 fund comes one year after the Venture Investment Fund No. 1 was introduced in December last year.

Following Fund No. 1, Fund No. 2 is also filled with private capital focused on companies. Naver and Krafton participated again following their involvement in Venture Investment Fund No. 1. In addition, various companies such as SK, LG, Com2uS, F&F, Musinsa, and HYBE also invested.

Kim Seo-jun, CEO of Hashed and a blockchain expert, serves as the lead fund manager for this fund. Hashed, Asia's largest blockchain investment firm, has achieved high performance by investing in various blockchain projects such as Axie Infinity, Terra, The Sandbox, dYdX, and Klaytn.

In particular, based on the vision that economic activity spaces will gradually shift from the real world to the metaverse (extended virtual world), the fund focuses on blockchain and metaverse areas based on the protocol economy.

Through this fund investment, Wemade accelerates the expansion of the WEMIX ecosystem. It aims to revitalize the blockchain industry through synergy with Hashed by discovering new projects.

Jang Hyun-guk, CEO of Wemade, said, “We will expand the WEMIX ecosystem through partnerships with all other blockchains,” adding, “Especially, the alliance with Hashed, which leads the global blockchain industry, will provide a special opportunity.”

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