Our team
The Blocksync Ventures team are experienced in both traditional finance and emergent blockchain technology. They have cultivated strong relationships with some of the most promising entrepreneurs and pioneers in the space.
The Blocksync Ventures team are experienced in both traditional finance and emergent blockchain technology. They have cultivated strong relationships with some of the most promising entrepreneurs and pioneers in the space.
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Jasper Byun
Founder
Jasper is the founder of Blocksync Ventures with extensive experience working with start-ups for over 5 years. He has coordinated investments exceeding $50M into world-class distributed technology projects.
He also serves as the Head of FinTech at Brilliance Ventures, an Israeli-based venture capital with $200M AUM, and as a Limited Partner at Cluster Capital.
Jasper is an advisor to eminent cryptocurrency projects such as Polkadex, Deeper Network, and Shadows Network. He has guided advisory portfolios to establish key strategic initiatives by securing partnerships, ensuring proper marketing direction, and encompassing overall day-to-day operations.
Jay Lee
Head of Strategy
Jay is a seasoned professional and a problem solver in consulting emerging tech startups.
He is currently also a venture partner at Woodstock Fund, focusing in establishing key strategic partnerships and sourcing projects for internal due diligence. His previous works include Bitstein and Deloitte Korea.
At the Deloitte startup advisory group, Jay conducted feasibility screening of local companies considered to implement distributed ledger technology within their operating systems.
At Bitstein, he was responsible of operation in Korea sourcing clients to Bitstein services including technology, operation & localization solutions, financial advisory, and exchange compliance & licenses.
Shai Mohaban
Head of Research
Shai is a serial entrepreneur who has founded a number of start-ups acquired by multi-billion dollar corporations including Cisco, Juniper and ServiceNow.
He was an early developer of QoS systems in Cisco and later the chief architect of VoIP in Juniper. With over 20 patents related to his work, his expertise is in cloud computing, networking and decentralized systems.
In recent years, Shai has become one of the most prolific blockchain investor in Israel and operates over 40 validator nodes across 20+ different networks. He works closely with numerous projects and serves as a technical advisor to projects like Bancor, 2key and Blockcloud.
Sharman Lee
Senior Advisor
Sherman is the co-founder of Raven Protocol, a decentralized and distributed AI/ML training platform that pioneered the first ever IDO through Binance DEX.
He was previously a partner at Zeroth, an early-stage accelerator focusing on AI/ML, robotics and blockchain with more than 60 companies incubated. Zeroth has been acquired and is partnered under the Softbank Group, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate that is the largest shareholder of Alibaba Group.
As an avid writer, Sherman has written for Forbes, Huffington Post, Hackernoon and Business Insider. He finds that helping founders is a rewarding experience and advises Polkadex, Numbers Protocol, REVV by F1/Animoca, Gamee and UTU Trust.
