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Salle Yoo

Investor

Partner at January Ventures · Advisor at SparkLabs Korea

San Francisco, California

Writes $250K – $750K checks · typically $500K

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About

Salle Yoo serves as an advisor at SparkLabs Group and holds board and advisory positions across multiple organizations, including the Asian Art Museum Foundation and Scripps College. With legal and operations expertise developed through roles as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Uber and IonQ, Yoo also lectures at Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and USC Marshall School of Business. As a limited partner in venture funds managed by Construct Capital, Operator Collective, and January VC, Yoo provides advisory services to portfolio companies and SparkLabs Mobility.

Experience

  1. SparkLabs GroupAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
  2. Construct CapitalLPcurrent2020 — present
  3. Operator CollectiveLPcurrent2019 — present
  4. January VenturesLPcurrent2020 — present
  5. Nova LabsBoard Member2019 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  6. The RoundsAdvisor2023 — 2025
  7. QwickBoard Member2018 — 2024
  8. IonQChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary2021
  9. UberChief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary2012 — 2017
  10. Davis Wright Tremaine LLPPartner1999 — 2012

Skills & more

Litigation40Class Actions7Commercial Litigation21Civil Litigation7Intellectual Property23Legal Research11Trade Secrets14Legal Writing5Arbitration6Corporate Law28Trademark Infringement3Business Transactions1
+9 moreCorporate GovernanceLicensingMediationTrademarksCompetition LawAppealsBusiness LitigationJoint VenturesUnfair Competition

Languages Korean

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Who is Salle Yoo?
Salle Yoo serves as an advisor at SparkLabs Group and holds board and advisory positions across multiple organizations, including the Asian Art Museum Foundation and Scripps College. With legal and operations expertise developed through roles as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Uber and IonQ, Yoo also lectures at Stanford Law School, Columbia Law School, and USC Marshall School of Business. As a limited partner in venture funds managed by Construct Capital, Operator Collective, and January VC, Yoo provides advisory services to portfolio companies and SparkLabs Mobility.
Where does Salle Yoo work?
Salle Yoo is Partner at January Ventures.
What check size does Salle Yoo write?
Salle Yoo typically writes checks of $250K – $750K.
Where did Salle Yoo go to school?
Salle Yoo studied at Boston University School of Law (JD, Law); Scripps College (BA, Government).

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