S.Y. (Seung Yoon) Lee is the CEO and Founder of Story Protocol. He was previously the CEO and Founder of mobile storytelling platform Radish, backed by Softbank, UTA, and Bertelsmann. The platform got acquired for $440M in 2021 by South Korean tech giant Kakao. He subsequently served as Kakao's Global Strategy Officer in charge of its investemnt and M & A activities globally. In that role, he made the acquisition of Wuxiaworld, the largest English-language Asia fantasy platform. Lee also actively invests and advises web3 companies as a Venture Partner at Hashed.