Lee had left IDG Ventures Korea in early 2016 and has spent the past near-two years as managing partner of Cognitive Investment.

Matthew Lee, former CEO and managing partner at publisher IDG’s corporate venturing unit in Korea, has become CEO and “token economy architect at Unblock, a blockchain technology/R&D (rather than investments) team of Japan-based communications provider Line.

Lee had left IDG Ventures Korea in early 2016 and has spent the past near-two years as managing partner of Cognitive Investment before moving to Unblock and another decentralised ledger technology provider, AD4th.

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.