About
Ben Eum has more than 20 years of experience spanning global consulting firms, major IT companies, an artificial intelligence startup, and large financial services companies. He has led B2C and B2B businesses from strategy through execution and has worked with growth approaches including investment, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships across cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.
Experience
- ImperAICo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- Scale Asia Ventures파트너current2022 — present
- Armilla AI투자자current2025 — present
- Armilla AIInvestor/Head of APAC2023 — 2025
- Armilla AIAdvisor2021 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- STAT (Social Trading Alliance Token) ProjectCo-CEO2023 — 2025Seoul, South Korea
- Ministry of UnificationPolicy Advisor2024 — 2025대한민국 서울
- Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green GrowthExpert Advisor2024 — 2025대한민국 서울
- LG CNSAI Strategy Advisor2023
- TWOVice President, APAC Business2022 — 2023
- 현대카드·현대커머셜(HyundaiCard·HyundaiCommercial)Vice President Of Technology Planning2022Seoul, South Korea
- KB Kookmin BankAdvisor2021 — 2022
- Harvard Business ReviewAdvisory Council Member2021 — 2022
- Scale Asia VenturesAdvisor2020 — 2022미국 캘리포니아 멘로파크
- GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology)Non Executive Director2018 — 2021Korea
- Element AIPrincipal Director / Head of North Asia2018 — 2020Seoul
- Kakao CorpHead of AI Strategy & Business Development2017 — 2018
- Kakao CorpHead of Corporate Development2015 — 2017
- OpenTide KoreaManaging Director (상무)2014 — 2015
- Booz & Company.Senior Associate2012 — 2014Seoul
Education
- Seoul National UniversityB.S., Engineering1993 — 1998
Skills & more
Management Consulting26Start-ups8Mergers2Business Strategy22Change Management5Business Planning5Marketing Strategy5Organizational DevelopmentConsultancyEnergyBusiness ModelingIT Strategy1
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Strategic IT ManagementIT OutsourcingMergersMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness DevelopmentProject ManagementConsultingGo-to-market StrategyStrategic PlanningAnalysisStrategy DevelopmentStrategyLanguages English · Korean · 일본어
From Ben's professional profile.
Colleagues at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Anindya Ghose
Academic Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Chuck Huang
Operating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Dave Nielsen
Community Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Jeff Hopkins
Talent Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Kay Mok
Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Michael Cho
Korea Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Noriaki Hyuga
Japan Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Robert Lau
Operating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ben Eum work?
- Ben Eum is Korea Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures).
Same school
Also attended Seoul National University52
Byung Geon Rhee, PhDHead of Advisory Board at Adelphi Ventures Management, LlcKiha LeePartner at SazzeOhsang KwonPartner at SazzeUkjin (Jay) KwonPrincipal at SazzeJiwon KangExecutive Director, Head of Investor Relations at The Spartan GroupIn Joon HwangManaging Partner / CEO at Z Venture Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Booz & Company.17
Matthew Le MerleManaging Partner & CEO at Blockchain CoinvestorsArthur MiznePartner at Base PartnersLiz HartleyInvestor at BroadscaleAbhishek SharmaManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersAndrew YeoInvestment Team at OIF VenturesMariano GonzálezGeneral Partner at MGV Capital
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Also worked at Monitor Group22
Matthew Le MerleManaging Partner & CEO at Blockchain CoinvestorsJordi ViñasGeneral Partner at Nauta CapitalErik RöjvallHead of Corporate Finance at ScietyNeal BhadkamkarGeneral Partner at Bold Capital PartnersChris KimCo-Founder at UNION Labs VenturesJoel FinlaysonVenture Partner at iGan Partners
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Also worked at Accenture703
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone
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Also worked at IBM Global Services658
Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKT MooreAdvisor at Clear VenturesVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
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