team of outliers
Paul Hsu
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
SUPERPOWERS: PRODUCT AND GROWTH
Paul Hsu is the Founder and CEO of Decasonic, an early stage venture and digital assets firm investing in the Web3 and AI supercycle. He is the firm’s sole general partner. Decasonic is built as enhancement capital. The firm is product first, thesis driven, and designed to partner closely with founders building durable companies through periods of technological and market change.
Paul’s perspective has been shaped by building and investing through successive platform shifts, with a long standing focus on consumer internet and network driven businesses. His career spans the early Internet, social and mobile gaming, blockchain, and artificial intelligence.
As both an operator and an investor, Paul has developed a practical understanding of how products reach scale, how consumer behavior shapes networks, and how long term value is created. This informs Decasonic’s approach of working alongside founders to sharpen product market fit, make better early decisions, and build systems that compound over time.
Before founding Decasonic, Paul was an early stage venture investor on Sand Hill Road and later a senior executive at Zynga. At Zynga, his work focused on virtual consumer economies, digital assets, and product led growth. These experiences, well before blockchain and AI became mainstream, shaped his views on digital ownership, incentives, and the dynamics of large scale consumer platforms. Since 2013, he has been actively investing in blockchain and Web3 across multiple market cycles.
At Decasonic, Paul leads a product centered, AI Native investment process grounded in operating principles rather than short term narratives. AI is embedded into how the firm evaluates products, assesses teams, and develops conviction. He believes artificial intelligence is a compounding force that is reshaping how products are built, how organizations operate, and how competitive advantage is sustained. The firm is structured to generate durable returns by investing early, maintaining concentrated ownership, and supporting founders with consistency through volatility.
Paul is a frequent speaker, writer, and media commentator on Web3, AI, and emerging technology markets. His perspectives have appeared in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, and Yahoo Finance. He serves on advisory boards and boards of directors, including World Business Chicago, where he supports inclusive economic growth through innovation.
Paul has lived and worked across Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Chicago, and New York, and partners with founders globally as they build through inflection points. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude.
Paul believes enduring venture returns come from long term conviction, sound decision making, and sustained optimism. He is focused on backing founders who are building the next generation of consumer driven platforms at the intersection of Web3 and artificial intelligence.
Abdul Al Ali
Venture Investor
SUPERPOWERS: RAPID EXECUTION AND FOUNDER EMPATHY
Abdul is a passionate advocate for Web3 and blockchain, deeply committed to enabling visionary founders transform their visions into impactful realities. He combines speed in execution with a strong sense of empathy for the founder’s journey, ensuring that every project he works on receives the strategic support it needs to thrive.
In his role at Decasonic, Abdul leverages his hands-on experience as both a founder and operator to provide insightful guidance to the next wave of disruptive technologies in Web3, blockchain, and AI. With a unique perspective on the market, he excels at identifying growth opportunities and applying on-chain data to ensure founders stay ahead in a rapidly evolving ecosystem.
Prior to joining Decasonic, Abdul co-founded a Bitcoin-asset security startup and advised multiple projects within the Ordinals space. He also gained experience in the MENA region during an internship at a leading digital assets exchange, conducting in-depth research and due diligence on token listings. Abdul holds a degree in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Notre Dame.
Justin Patel
Venture Investor
SUPERPOWERS: FOUNDER MODE AND ADAPTIVE EXECUTION
Justin Patel is a Venture Investor at Decasonic, where he focuses on uncovering venture investment alpha in Web3 and AI. He combines institutional-grade financial rigor with crypto-native experience to help founders and investors navigate the next wave of frontier technologies.
Previously, Justin worked in private equity, sourcing fintech, healthcare, and SaaS deals while building advanced financial models to evaluate opportunities. Alongside this, he has been a crypto-native since 2017, actively trading, designing algorithmic strategies, and managing DeFi yield systems that consistently generated double-digit returns. His experience also includes hands-on DAO participation and early involvement in token ecosystems, giving him an edge in evaluating emerging projects. Justin has developed AI-powered workflows to optimize business operations and designed AI tools that identify high-potential tokens based on predefined criteria and produce targeted analysis.
At Decasonic, Justin leverages data-driven frameworks to source and evaluate early-stage opportunities at the intersection of crypto, fintech, consumer and AI. His work bridges financial diligence with on-chain intelligence to drive conviction in the fast-evolving Web3 x AI landscape.
Justin holds a Bachelors in Economics and Mathematics with a Computer Science minor from the University of Michigan. Beyond investing, he is passionate about building creative projects that connect technology with community.
Eugene Tsai
Venture Data Analyst
SUPERPOWERS: DATA ANALYSIS AND NON-CONSENSUS SIGNALS
Eugene is a Venture Data Analyst at Decasonic, where he applies data-driven insights to uncover promising investment opportunities in blockchain, Web3, metaverse, and AI. He partners with founders in identifying early-stage signals for opportunities at the intersection of Web3 x AI, leveraging both on-chain and off-chain data.
His passion for Web3 x AI took off in 2021 and in 2022 when he began researching decentralized technologies and their potential to reshape industries. Over the years, he has honed his expertise in analyzing token economies, on-chain activity, and market adoption trends to highlight the largest opportunities in our innovation trajectory. He is excited about the role of data, blockchain and Web3 tokens to drive adoption of AI.
Before Decasonic, Eugene worked as a data and business analyst in financial services, manufacturing, and NGOs, gaining valuable experience in market research and strategic analysis. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan and a master’s degree in Business Analytics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Rizza Torres
Marketing Manager
SUPERPOWERS: CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
Rizza is an altruistic innovator who aims to make a positive impact in the digital space by helping build the next generation internet through purposeful storytelling and by making ideas come to life.
Blending her background in digital marketing and her ability to forge meaningful connections, Rizza spearheads strategies that amplify Decasonic's voice in the evolving web3 landscape.
She's driven to craft compelling narratives and translate complex ideas into clear and engaging stories that resonate with audiences and drive growth.
Rizza brings a wealth of marketing experience from big tech and international companies to her current role, while also pursuing a Master's program in Innovation and Business at the Asian Institute of Management. Rizza holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Marketing Management from Mapua University.