Where does John Kim work?

John Kim is Managing Partner at Amasia and Board director at Dialpad.

What check size does John Kim write?

John Kim typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did John Kim go to school?

John Kim studied at University of Pennsylvania (BSEcon: The Wharton School, BAS: School of Engineering and Applied Science); Wayland High School.

John Kim

Investor

Managing Partner at Amasia · Board director at Dialpad

Los Angeles, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

Kauffman Fellow · Class 20

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Niki PezeshkiunlockedJohn: together at Goldman Sachs (2010)

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John: together at Xendit

About

John Kim, a former platinum‑record touring musician and cross‑border finance professional from Goldman Sachs, concentrates on climate and sustainability, investing one-to-two companies annually and integrating his Christian faith.

Invests in

Climate TechEdTechFintechHealthtechSaaS

Board director at Dialpad

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In turn, John can intro founders to Dialpad's investors below.

Dialpad's investors · 20

Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks AmasiaBurlingame · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026 Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks AtomicSan Francisco Cerity Partners VenturesBoston Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks Fly VenturesBerlin · $1.1M – $4.3M checks G SquaredChicago GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026 ICONIQSan Francisco ICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2026 Intrepid Growth PartnersToronto JuniperoMiami Kickstart VenturesManila · $30K – $20M checks Owl Capital Transmedia CapitalSan Francisco · $5M checks Tri-Valley VenturesPleasanton W Capital PartnersNew York Work-BenchNew York · $1M – $3M checks Z Venture CapitalTokyo · $150K – $101M checks

Co-founders at Dialpad

Craig WalkerChief Executive Officer & Founder

John RectorDirector

Brian PetersonChief Technology Officer & Founder

Experience

AmasiaManaging Partnercurrent2013 — presentSingapore
DialpadBoard Directorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco
XenditBoard Observercurrent2018 — presentJakarta, Indonesia
TreeDotsBoard Directorcurrent2019 — presentSingapore
Aplikasi Super (YC W18)Board Directorcurrent2020 — presentSidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia
Living Food CompanyBoard Directorcurrent2020 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
The AthleticBoard Observer2016 — 2022San Francisco
TokopediaBoard Observer2016 — 2021
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.Angel Investor2014 — 2021Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Society of Kauffman FellowsFellow2015 — 2017
Mercuria Energy Trading S.A.Senior Vice President2012 — 2013Singapore
Goldman SachsExecutive Director2006 — 2011
Korean National InvestmentsFund Manager2002 — 2006Seoul, South Korea
The AllyMusician1999 — 2002Greater Philadelphia Area
MerckSystem Specialist2000 — 2001Greater Philadelphia Area
The Y Group (formerly Linx Corp)Founder1997 — 1999Greater Philadelphia Area
International Data Group (IDG)Intern1997Greater Boston Area

Skills & more

Start-upsVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipPrivate EquityStrategyBusiness StrategyInvestmentsManagementFinancial ModelingMergers & Acquisitions

From John's professional profile.

Colleagues at Amasia

Jeremy Neilson

Executive Officer at Amasia

Ramanan Raghavendran

Managing Partner at Amasia

Ramanan Rahavendran

General Partner at Amasia

Richard Thoms

Executive Officer at Amasia

Wee Peng Yeo

Partner at Amasia

Network2

Geoffrey SeeMentee

Founder at Poko

Ramanan RaghavendranMentor

Managing Partner at Amasia

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Frequently asked questions

Who is John Kim?: John Kim, a former platinum‑record touring musician and cross‑border finance professional from Goldman Sachs, concentrates on climate and sustainability, investing one-to-two companies annually and integrating his Christian faith.
Where does John Kim work?: John Kim is Managing Partner at Amasia and Board director at Dialpad.
What does John Kim invest in?: John Kim invests in Climate Tech, EdTech, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does John Kim write?: John Kim typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did John Kim go to school?: John Kim studied at University of Pennsylvania (BSEcon: The Wharton School, BAS: School of Engineering and Applied Science); Wayland High School.

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Also worked at Society of Kauffman Fellows30

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