About
Lily Kim is a General Partner, Chief Scientific Officer, and Co-founder at Awaken Capital, where the firm invests in early-stage platform companies applying science and engineering to emerging challenges. She has over two decades of experience spanning engineering, business development, and investment, including roles as Partner and Chief Scientist at OS Fund, and has advised biotech and pharmaceutical companies while supporting commercialization efforts at Harvard's Wyss Institute. Kim holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from MIT and a PhD in biomedical engineering from MIT and Harvard as a Hertz Fellow, and serves on the Council of the Hertz Foundation.
Experience
- Awaken CapitalGeneral Partner, Chief Scientific Officer, and Co-foundercurrent2023 — present
- UC San DiegoMember, Dean's Leadership Council, School of Biological Sciencescurrent2021 — present
- Fannie and John Hertz FoundationMember, Fellowship and Program Councilcurrent2014 — present
- Fannie and John Hertz FoundationDirector2014 — 2018
- NucleateMentor2022
- OS FundPartner, Chief Scientist2015 — 2022
- Lily Kim ConsultingConsultant2014 — 2015
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired EngineeringAssociate Director of Platform Development2012 — 2014Boston, MA
- MIT Enterprise Forum of CambridgeMember, Innovation Series Committee2012 — 2014Cambridge, MA
- FluidicMEMSFounder2009 — 2014
- Lily Kim ConsultingConsultant2010 — 2012
- Decision ResourcesConsultant2008 — 2010
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology1999 — 2008
- Mercedes-Benz AGEngineer1998 — 1999
- HPMIT 6-A Master's Thesis1997 — 1998
Education
- MIT/HarvardPh.D., Biomedical Engineering (Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology)
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySB, Electrical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM.Eng., Electrical Engineering
Skills & more
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Competitive IntelligenceStart-upsTechnology TransferR&DMarket ResearchProduct DevelopmentGenomicsSensorsHardware DiagnosticsCorporate DevelopmentMarket Opportunity AssessmentPharmaceutical IndustryFrom Lily's professional profile.
Colleagues at OS Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Lily Kim work?
- Lily Kim is Partner at OS Fund.
- What check size does Lily Kim write?
- Lily Kim typically writes checks of $1M – $2M.
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at UC San Diego67
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Also worked at Fannie and John Hertz Foundation3
Also worked at OS Fund3
Also worked at MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge7
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