Paul Hsu
Education
Yale University
BA - Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, - 1997-01-01Work Experience
Decasonic
Current
Decasonic
KIKI
Current
KIKI
Anomaly
Current
Anomaly
Scenario
Current
Scenario
TestMachine
Current
TestMachine
Paragon
Current
Paragon
Forum3
Current
Forum3
B+J Studios
Current
B+J Studios
World Business Chicago
2022-01-01 - 2024-01-01
World Business Chicago
Homepolish
2017-01-01 - 2018-01-01
Homepolish
Skills
Summary
Paul Hsu is Founder and CEO of Decasonic, the venture and digital assets fund building blockchain innovation for the global mainstream. As a tech investor and operator, Paul partners with outlier founders to accelerate product market fit and systematically scale early stage companies. Paul has been a blockchain investor since 2013. Paul is a speaker, writer and media commentator on Web3 topics. His perspectives have appeared in print and broadcast outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Block, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Hackernoon, Coindesk, Blockworks, Forbes, The Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg TV and Yahoo! Finance TV. Paul serves on many Advisory Boards, Executive Committees and Board of Directors, including a Board of Director role on the World Business Chicago, a public private economic development organization promoting inclusive growth. Paul’s curiosity and conviction in disruptive technology date back to the dawn of the Internet in the late 1990s. As a product and growth executive at social gaming leader Zynga (ZNGA), Paul spearheaded several user retention and monetization initiatives, including in-game virtual currencies, free to play virtual goods, platform currencies, and other digital assets. Prior, Paul was a founding member of NeoCarta, a $300M technology venture fund on Sand Hill Road. Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, where his studies concentrated on economics, math, statistics and international politics. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude.
