Where does Mingu Lee work?

Mingu Lee is Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue.

What check size does Mingu Lee write?

Mingu Lee typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

Where did Mingu Lee go to school?

Mingu Lee studied at The George Washington University (Ph.D, Systems Engineering); Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program, AMP 196); The Johns Hopkins University (MS, Information and Telecommunication Systems).

Mingu Lee

Investor

Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Writes $1M – $10M checks

Find your path to Mingu

221 people in our graph share verified history with Mingu — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Peter SpasovunlockedMingu: together at Northrop Grumman Corporation (1999–2005)

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Mingu: together at Cleveland Avenue

×5Mingu: together at Northrop Grumman Corporation

About

Mingu Lee brings 10+ years as Chief Business Officer scaling B2B technology, with Samsung roots and bicultural expertise to help Asian founders globalize and connect U.S. investors with Korean companies.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

m•••@clevelandave.comreveal

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerFoodTechRetail TechRobotics

Experience

Cleveland AvenueManaging Partnercurrent2021 — present
XSamsungFounder & Governing Body Chaircurrent2021 — present
The Believer CompanyBoard Observercurrent2026 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
Bear RoboticsBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
Bear RoboticsMember of the Board of Directors2022 — 2025
NeuRealityMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
NeuRealityAdvisory Board / Board Observer2022 — 2024
bemyfriendsBoard Observercurrent2026 — present
bemyfriendsIndependent Board Member2021 — 2026
AigenMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2026 — present
AigenBoard Observer2023 — 2026
Better FoodsMember of the Board of Directors2024 — 2025
SparkChargeMember of the Board of Directors2023 — 2024
SparkChargeBoard Observer2022 — 2023
AMP Investment PartnersPartner & Founding Member2019 — 2024
Samsung SDS AmericaChief Business Officer, Senior Vice President, Head of B2B2020 — 2021
Samsung SDS AmericaSenior Vice President, Mobile B2B2017 — 2020
Samsung SDS AmericaVice President, Government2015 — 2017
Samsung SDS AmericaVice President, Strategy & Business Development2013 — 2015
Samsung SDS AmericaVice President, Public Sector2010 — 2013
Lockheed MartinChief Technology Officer, E&TS LoB; Chief Architect, ITS-ESE Program2007 — 2010
NuWave SolutionsTechnology Consultant2006 — 2007
Northrop Grumman CorporationProject Manager/Software Development Manager/Software Engineer1998 — 2006

Skills & more

Enterprise Architecture99Integration99Software Development66IT Strategy77Program Management99Cloud Computing43Agile Methodologies32Technical Leadership18Solution Architecture29XML4Web Services5Web Applications5

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TelecommunicationsSystems EngineeringSystem ArchitectureStrategySoftware Project ManagementSoftware EngineeringSaaSSQLSDLCRequirements AnalysisProject ManagementPMP

From Mingu's professional profile.

Colleagues at Cleveland Avenue

Andy Zopp

Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue

Don Thompson

CEO at Cleveland Avenue

Evette Phillips Williams

Managing Director, Investor Relations & Chief of Staff at Cleveland Avenue

Harry Coaxum

Chief Operating Officer at Cleveland Avenue

Joseph Q. McCoy

President & General Counsel at Cleveland Avenue

Keith Kravcik

CIO at Cleveland Avenue

Lisa Merchant-Harrell

Chief Human Resources Officer at Cleveland Avenue

Liz Thompson

CEO, The CAFE Group at Cleveland Avenue

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mingu Lee?: Mingu Lee brings 10+ years as Chief Business Officer scaling B2B technology, with Samsung roots and bicultural expertise to help Asian founders globalize and connect U.S. investors with Korean companies.
Where does Mingu Lee work?: Mingu Lee is Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue.
What does Mingu Lee invest in?: Mingu Lee invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Direct to Consumer, FoodTech, Retail Tech, Robotics.
What check size does Mingu Lee write?: Mingu Lee typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
Where did Mingu Lee go to school?: Mingu Lee studied at The George Washington University (Ph.D, Systems Engineering); Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program, AMP 196); The Johns Hopkins University (MS, Information and Telecommunication Systems).

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Also attended The George Washington University377

RustyAdvisor at Clear Ventures Donna HoyleVice President & Controller at Revolution Mathew KayeAccounting Manager at Revolution Meghan FahyDirector of Marketing at Greycroft Maurice RussoInvestor at Lerer Hippeau Zach CollinsPartner at Mission Biocapital

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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Mike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery Ventures Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk Victoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Also attended The Johns Hopkins University534

Dave JohnsonCo-founder & CEO of Dash Bio Nicole GaudelliEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Wes NicholsPartner at March Capital Partners Demi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire Ventures Jun JeonInvestor at Khosla Ventures Nicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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Also attended The Ohio State University300

Keatten SmithCapital Formation Coordinator at March Capital Partners Sara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTech Will McKelveyPrincipal at Lerer Hippeau Laura SebastianiVP of Finance at Scale Venture Partners Suresh BalasubramanianInvestor at Storm Ventures John D. SimonExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at SparkCharge3

Ali DialloManaging Director at NOVA Prime Joshua AvivExecutive Officer, Director at SparkCharge David PipernoExecutive Officer at SparkCharge

Also worked at Lockheed Martin228

Manny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University Partners Jeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors Alexander WortmannPartner at TCV Shalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures Llc Dan MoskowitzInvestor at Third Point Ventures Danny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly Group

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Also worked at Northrop Grumman Corporation107

Peter SpasovCo-President at Marlin Equity Partners Jeff PetersPartner at Ibex Investors Dan KultranCo-Founder & CEO, Claros at Red Cell Incubation JJ AghaChief Information Security Officer & SVP, IT at Asymmetric Capital Partners Felix ShpilmanVenture Partner at Moses Capital Hrach SimonianAdvisor at Driven

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