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Dave Kim

Investor

Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures

Greater Seattle Area

About

Financial inclusion and innovation expert, formerly at the Gates Foundation and currently Head of Platform at IDEO CoLab.

Experience

  1. Shore Capital PartnersDirector, AI Solutionscurrent2025 — present
  2. Friends and CompanyFoundercurrent2025 — present
  3. IDEO CoLabHead of Platform, IDEO CoLab Ventures2022 — 2025
  4. Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationProgram Officer, Financial Services for the Poor2014 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
  5. ?What If! Innovation PartnersLead Inventor2013 — 2014
  6. ?What If! Innovation PartnersInventor2012 — 2013
  7. New Sector AllianceCo-Chair and Founding Member of Alumni Board; Mentor to Current Program Participants2009 — 2013
  8. Taproot FoundationPro Bono Strategy Consultant2011 — 2012
  9. Opera SolutionsSenior Associate2007 — 2012NYC and London
  10. New Sector AllianceSummer Fellow2006
  11. Sesame WorkshopIntern, Development Department2005

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityBA, Anthropology2003 — 2007

Skills & more

Strategic Planning11Negotiation2Management12Strategy10Business Strategy17Management Consulting39Non-profits2Due Diligence7Change Management8Procurement2Project Management4Innovation Consulting3
+12 moreInnovationConsumer InsightModelingStrategic SourcingOnline AuctionsProcess EngineeringAnalyticsBusiness AnalysisConsultingStrategic ConsultingLeadership DevelopmentData Analysis

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Colleagues at Mercy Corps Ventures

Alpen Sheth
Investment Partner at Borderless Venture
Armelle Patoki
Finance Manager at Mercy Corps Ventures
Ayah Abulghanam
Program Officer at Mercy Corps Ventures
Ellen Maginnis
Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures
Eugene Gikonyo
Investment Principal at Mercy Corps Ventures
Gabby Culver
Partnerships & Business Development at Mercy Corps Ventures
Kim Raath
Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures
Lillian Alexander
Director of Impact at Mercy Corps Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Dave Kim work?
Dave Kim is Advisor at Mercy Corps Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Cornell University703

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America

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Shared employers

Also worked at Shore Capital Partners6

Ted NeelyVenture Partner at Exit Quotient VenturesMichael TurfeVenture Partner at Mangusta CapitalMark LarsenCEO, Connexure at Circadian VenturesDaniel LeshemAnalyst at Svoboda Capital PartnersBlaine DavisGeneral Partner at Mute VenturesWilliam KarminAssociate at Arctos

Also worked at IDEO CoLab13

Denise TengPartner at Gradient VenturesJoe GerberGeneral Partner at IDEO CoLab VenturesReuben BramaInvestor at IDEO CoLab VenturesCharlota K. BlunarovaDesign & Brand at IDEO CoLab VenturesPierre La BaumeDesign & Strategy at IDEO CoLab VenturesShuya GongDesign & Futures at IDEO CoLab Ventures

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Also worked at ?What If! Innovation Partners5

Simon CantInvestor at Reinventure GroupHector MasonGeneral Partner at Episode1Jeremy HarperPartner, Director of Investments at Remarkable VenturesBella ActonCreative Director at AfterWork VenturesSam SturmChief Portfolio Officer at Founders Factory Africa

Also worked at New Sector Alliance3

Aubrie PaganoGeneral Partner, Managing Member at Corigin VenturesSonam VelaniCo-founder & Managing Director at Streetlife VenturesShannon MusicConsultant at Fundación Avina & Co-Chair at Plataforma de Inversión de Impacto Centroamericana (PiiC) at Savia Ventures