About
Jihyun Kim previously worked at Goldman Sachs and held product leadership roles at major fintech firms, including heading product at a wealth management platform in Asia. He studied at Cornell and NYU Abu Dhabi and founded Zomma, a YC S26 company.
Founder at ZommaYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Jihyun went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Zomma's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jihyun can intro founders to Zomma's investors below.
Zomma's investors · 1
Co-founders at Zomma
VA
Varun ArumugamFounder
CF
Cashel FitzgeraldFounder
Experience
- ZommaCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Arrowpoint Investment PartnersHead of Product2024 — 2025Singapore
- EndowusProduct Lead2022 — 2023Singapore, Singapore
- EndowusProduct Manager2021 — 2022Singapore, Singapore
- NarusCo-Founder2019 — 2021Singapore
- Entrepreneur FirstFounder in Residence2019Singapore
- Goldman SachsSoftware Engineer2018 — 2019Singapore
- UruProduct Manager2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- New York UniversityTeaching Fellow2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- ELLA Media LLCSoftware Engineer2016Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Accelerate KoreaAssistant Program Manager2015Seoul and Berlin
Skills & more
Leadership15Teamwork12Strategic Planning2Public Speaking11Management10Python4Javascript4Java1React.jsStart-ups11Research9Data Analysis
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EntrepreneurshipWeb DevelopmentTeachingNatural Language ProcessingParallel ProgrammingInteractive ProgrammingProduct ManagementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)User ResearchLanguages Arabic · Chinese · English · Korean
- Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) Level 1 — CQF Institute
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jihyun Kim?
- Jihyun Kim previously worked at Goldman Sachs and held product leadership roles at major fintech firms, including heading product at a wealth management platform in Asia. He studied at Cornell and NYU Abu Dhabi and founded Zomma, a YC S26 company.
- Where does Jihyun Kim work?
- Jihyun Kim is Founder of Zomma.
- What companies did Jihyun Kim found?
- Jihyun Kim founded Zomma.
- Where did Jihyun Kim go to school?
- Jihyun Kim studied at Cornell University (Master of Engineering, Data Science); New York University Abu Dhabi (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); New York University.
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