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About
Jihong Kim is Vice President and Managing Director at Samsung Ventures America, where he leads financial and strategic investments in software, digital media, and services, and coordinates with Samsung business units across mobile, consumer electronics, and enterprise software. His investments include companies later exited through public offerings or acquisitions, such as SentinelOne, Couchbase, BigCommerce, Nozomi Networks, Raxium, ClassPass, Centrify, Pluto.tv, Fetch Robotics, and Loom.ai. He previously worked as a research analyst at a long-short equity hedge fund, as a management consultant at PwC, and as a software engineer at Lucent Technologies and early-stage startups, and holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
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Experience
- Samsung VenturesVice President | Managing Directorcurrent2025 — presentMountain View, CA
- Samsung VenturesInvestment Director | Managing Director2018 — 2025Mountain View, CA
- Samsung VenturesSenior Investment Manager2016 — 2018Menlo Park, CA
- Samsung VenturesInvestment Manager2013 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
- Samsung VenturesSenior Associate2012 — 2013San Jose, CA
- Berkeley SkyDeckSkyDeck Advisorcurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, CA
- AnthropicInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- XBOWInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- CartesiaInvestorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- WitnessAIInvestorcurrent2025 — presentMountain View, CA
- ExoInvestor / Board Observercurrent2025 — presentSanta Clara, CA
- Subtle MedicalInvestorcurrent2024 — presentMenlo Park, CA
- GGWPInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ClassPassInvestorcurrent2017 — presentNew York, NY
- VerdagyInvestorcurrent2023 — presentMoss Landing, CA
- Plume Design, IncBoard Observercurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- VIZIONInvestor / Board Observercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Nozomi NetworksInvestor2021 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- Phantom AIInvestor2023 — 2025San Francisco, CA
- BigCommerceInvestor2017 — 2023Austin, TX
- RaxiumInvestor / Board Observer2021 — 2022Fremont, CA
- SentinelOneInvestor2019 — 2022Mountain View, CA
- CouchbaseInvestor2016 — 2022Santa Clara, CA
- Fetch RoboticsInvestor2019 — 2021San Jose, CA
Skills & more
Bloomberg1Financial Modeling24Valuation20Equity Research7Investments15Investment Banking5ResearchEquity ValuationEquities1Asset ManagmentFinancial Analysis8Business Valuation2
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Due DiligenceBusiness AnalysisManagement ConsultingPortfolio ManagementBusiness StrategyAsset ManagementCompetitive AnalysisStart-upsLanguages English · Korean
From Jihong's professional profile.
Colleagues at Samsung Ventures
David Suh
Managing Director at Samsung Ventures
Helena Lee
Investment Director at Samsung Ventures
Hong Liu
Principal at Samsung Ventures
Hwaseok Patrik Kim
Principal at Samsung Ventures
Hyemin Lee
Senior Investment Manager at Samsung Ventures
Il Seok Yoon
Vice President at Samsung Ventures
Jaemin Lee
Investment Director at Samsung Ventures
Janghyun Yoon
President and CEO at Samsung Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jihong Kim?
- Jihong Kim is Vice President and Managing Director at Samsung Ventures America, where he leads financial and strategic investments in software, digital media, and services, and coordinates with Samsung business units across mobile, consumer electronics, and enterprise software. His investments include companies later exited through public offerings or acquisitions, such as SentinelOne, Couchbase, BigCommerce, Nozomi Networks, Raxium, ClassPass, Centrify, Pluto.tv, Fetch Robotics, and Loom.ai. He previously worked as a research analyst at a long-short equity hedge fund, as a management consultant at PwC, and as a software engineer at Lucent Technologies and early-stage startups, and holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
- Where does Jihong Kim work?
- Jihong Kim is Managing Director at Samsung Ventures.
- Where did Jihong Kim go to school?
- Jihong Kim studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA, Finance / Accounting); University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering Computer Science).
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Exo10
Mo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One VenturesJuan-Pablo MasPartner at Action Potential Venture Capital Ltd.William AbecassisManaging Partner and CIO at BravenAnil AchyutaInvestment Managing Director at TDK VenturesFuad NaserAnalyst at RA CapitalZach ScheinerPartner at RA Capital
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