What check size does Brendon Kim write?

Brendon Kim typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.

What companies has Brendon Kim invested in?

Investments tracked here include Branch, Dapper Labs.

Where did Brendon Kim go to school?

Brendon Kim studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Princeton University (AB, Woodrow Wilson Schhol of Public Policy); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA).

Brendon Kim

Investor

Managing Director and Head of Hyundai Cradle Silicon Valley at Hyundai CRADLE

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $500K checks · typically $250K

Find your path to Brendon

114 people in our graph share verified history with Brendon — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Niko CiminelliunlockedBrendon: together at Samsung Next (2023–2025)

×3Brendon: together at CSC | Index

×8Brendon: together at Samsung Next

About

Brendon Kim is Managing Director and Global Head of Investments at Samsung Next, where he leads the fund's worldwide operations and early stage investments across AI, blockchain, fintech, healthtech, infrastructure, and mediatech. He brings more than two decades of early stage technology investing experience and was a founding general partner at Altos Ventures. Earlier in his career, he worked as a strategy and management consultant serving media, consumer, and technology clients.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3FintechGamingHealthtechMedia & EntertainmentSocial

Experience

HYUNDAI CRADLEManaging Director and Head of Hyundai Cradle Silicon Valleycurrent2025 — present
Altos VenturesSpecial Partner and Limited Partnercurrent2012 — presentMenlo Park, CA
Altos VenturesGeneral Partner1996 — 2012
Samsung NEXTManaging Director | Global Head of NEXT Investments2012 — 2025Mountain View, CA
CSC | IndexAssociate1994 — 1996
Coopers & Lybrand SMSAssociate1989 — 1992

Skills & more

Venture Capital37Start-ups52Strategy34Corporate Venture Capital18Venture Financing57New Venture Development40Start-up Ventures39Capital Raising31Investor Relations23

Languages Korean

From Brendon's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

BranchDapper Labs

Per curated public sources.

Network4

Caroline Rehfuss

Investor at Samsung Next

Chris Kurdziel

Investor at Samsung Next

Felix Petersen

Managing Director at Samsung Next

Gus Warren

Managing Director at Samsung Next

Investors connected to Brendon in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Brendon Kim?: Brendon Kim is Managing Director and Global Head of Investments at Samsung Next, where he leads the fund's worldwide operations and early stage investments across AI, blockchain, fintech, healthtech, infrastructure, and mediatech. He brings more than two decades of early stage technology investing experience and was a founding general partner at Altos Ventures. Earlier in his career, he worked as a strategy and management consultant serving media, consumer, and technology clients.
Where does Brendon Kim work?: Brendon Kim is Managing Director and Head of Hyundai Cradle Silicon Valley at Hyundai CRADLE.
What does Brendon Kim invest in?: Brendon Kim invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Social.
What check size does Brendon Kim write?: Brendon Kim typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
What companies has Brendon Kim invested in?: Investments tracked here include Branch, Dapper Labs.
Where did Brendon Kim go to school?: Brendon Kim studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Princeton University (AB, Woodrow Wilson Schhol of Public Policy); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA).

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future Ventures David SzeAdvisory Partner at Greylock Katherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also attended Princeton University879

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Altos Ventures14

Prashant GangwalChief Financial Officer at Altos Ventures at 1809 Capital Ho NamManaging Director at Altos Ventures Anthony P. LeeManaging Director at Altos Ventures Brittany HargestPartner at Altos Ventures Tony Di BonaCFO at Piva Capital Mike ZimmermanPartner at Main Sequence Ventures

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Also worked at Samsung NEXT41

Niko CiminelliInvestor at Khosla Ventures Andrea BogarinInvestor at Ulu Ventures Patrick ChangFounder and Managing Partner at Dispersion Capital Burke DavisPartner at Sorenson Ventures Ran AchituvInvestor at Entree Capital Divya RaghavanPrincipal at Hitachi Ventures

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Also worked at CSC | Index47

Rob TaylorOperating Partner at Silverton Partners Julie KimRepresentative Director – President and CEO at Takeda Ventures Antoine ColaçoPartner at Valor Capital Group Jonathan GoldsteinManaging Director at Advantage Capital Partners Masood PirzadaCEO at Presidio Ventures Elizabeth FosterAssociate at Blue Delta Capital

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