Ep 3: Bridge from Seoul to SF - Blind & Venture Capital in South Korea (with Alex Shin @TeamBlind)

Update: 2021-04-03

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Our guest for this episode is Alex Shin, angel investor, former head of Global Operations at Blind, and co-founder at Hashed – a crypto venture capital fund.

From Korean Air nut-rage to Travis Kalanick’s sudden resignation from Uber, Alex shares his story launching the US operations of Blind, a Korean start-up that operates the leading anonymous community app for the workplace.

We discussed how the South Korean venture capital landscape has been evolving and drawing lessons from Silicon Valley amidst recent success of South Korean unicorns such as Toss and Coupang.

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Ep 3: Bridge from Seoul to SF - Blind & Venture Capital in South Korea (with Alex Shin @TeamBlind)