Sangwoo Lee
InvestorManaging Director at Korea Investment Partners
Mountain View, California
Writes $100K โ $5M checks ยท typically $1.5M
About
Sangwoo Lee has led Korea Investment Partners' U.S. office as Managing Director since 2016, overseeing a $156 million portfolio across 42 companies in AI, robotics, mobile gaming, cybersecurity, and life sciences, with notable investments in xAI and Apptronik. His background includes 18 years in technology and entrepreneurship at Samsung Electronics and startups including Neomtel and Polidigm, where he developed mobile image compression technology adopted as a Korean industry standard and by Qualcomm. Lee has achieved nine successful exits including Auris Health and SoFi, and currently holds active board positions in three companies.
Experience
- Korea Investment PartnersManaging Directorcurrent2016 โ present๋ฏธ๊ตญ ์บ๋ฆฌํฌ๋์ ๋ก์ค์จํ ์ค
- Korea Investment PartnersExecutive Director2014 โ 2018
- ์ผ์ฑ์ ์General Manager2013 โ 2014๋ํ๋ฏผ๊ตญ ์์
- PolidigmChief Executive Officer2010 โ 2013๋ํ๋ฏผ๊ตญ ์์ธ
- PolidigmVice President2004 โ 2010๋ํ๋ฏผ๊ตญ ์์ธ
- Career BreakPersonal goal pursuit2002 โ 2004Austin, Texas
- NeoMtelChief Technology Officer1999 โ 2002๋ํ๋ฏผ๊ตญ ์์ธ
- DASAN NetworksSenior Software Engineer1999 โ 2000๋ํ๋ฏผ๊ตญ ์์ธ
- ์ผ์ฑ์ ์Software Engineer1996 โ 1999๋ํ๋ฏผ๊ตญ ๊ธฐํฅ
Education
- Seoul National UniversityMaster of Engineering - MEng, Computer Engineering1994 โ 1996
- Seoul National Universityํ์ฌ, ์ ์ด๊ณ์ธก1990 โ 1994
Skills & more
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Image Compression AlgorithmApplication SW developmentMobile Phone SW developmentR&D General ManagementEmbedded programming์ด์๊ด๋ฆฌ์์ ๊ตญ์ ์ฌ์ ๊ฐ๋ฐInvestment RelationshipProject managementMarketingBusiness StrategyFrom Sangwoo's professional profile.
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Also attended Seoul National University44
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Also worked at Korea Investment Partners8
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