In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi sits down with Ryan Sungho Kim, Partner at Hashed, to unpack how top-tier Web3 deals are evaluated across Asia — and what founders often miss when pitching investors.

Ryan shares his path from building and exiting LOOKET to Recobell, to leading product development around recommendation systems — an experience that exposed him to the fragility (and incentives) of the data economy. That wake-up call pulled him into blockchain, and ultimately into helping build Hashed into one of the region’s most influential players.

We also get into Hashed’s founding thesis (2017): why the team believed blockchain could reshape not only finance, but the internet’s underlying structure — a shift toward networks that empower individuals rather than intermediaries. Ryan breaks down wh ...