Soo Min Hong

Investor

Investment Associate at node.vc

Lyon

About

Soo Min Hong is an Investment Associate focusing on deeptech and frontier innovation, with particular interest in robotics. Originally from South Korea, she moved to Lyon as a teenager and has worked across Europe and Asia as a founder and operator, having started ventures in edtech and healthtech and later helped scale hardtech and consumer startups in collaboration with the South Korean government. She previously worked as an Analyst at Pale Blue Dot evaluating early-stage climate and deeptech companies, and in 2025 co-founded Pluto House, a hacker house initiative with three European residences.

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Invests in

Deep TechRobotics

Experience

node.vcAssociatecurrent2025 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
pluto houseCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentParis
EmfasInvestorcurrent2026 — presentStockholm
Included VCVenture Capital Fellow Alumnicurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Included VCVenture Capital Fellow (Class ’23)2023 — 2024London Area, United Kingdom
Pale blue dotInternal Analyst2024 — 2025Malmo, Skåne County, Sweden
Obuntu FoundationOperations & Acceleration Manager2023 — 2024New York, United States
Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Republic of KoreaPortfolio Growth2018 — 2022South Korea
Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Republic of KoreaBusiness Analyst & GtM Strategist2016 — 2018South Korea
Hyper IslandClient Partner & Project Manager2022Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Asia Centre, Centre études AsieVisiting Researcher2021Paris, Île-de-France, France
alumiCo-Founder2020Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Capital FillesProject Manager & Mentor2018 — 2019Paris, Île-de-France, France

Education

Sciences PoMaster of Arts - MA, ERASMUS2014 — 2015
The University of EdinburghMaster of Arts - MA, International Relations2012 — 2016
Sciences PoMaster's degree, Human Rights and Humanitarian Action2017 — 2019
Stockholm UniversityMaster's degree, Asian Studies/Civilization2020 — 2022

Skills & more

Start-up VenturesSupport Groups1Market Analysis1Venture Capital1투자자 관계투자금융모델비즈니스 가치평가Program ManagementCommunity DevelopmentFund of Funds (FOF)Deal Sourcing

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Deal FlowDeal StrategyPortfolio ManagementProject ManagementStrategic ConsultingDiversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)Technical Product SalesOutbound SalesChange ManagementTraining FacilitationSales OperationsB2B

Languages Chinese · English · French · Japanese · Korean · Spanish · Swedish

Beginner to Pro in Excel: Financial Modeling and Valuation — Udemy
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - High Scorers' Concert Certification — ABRSM
Le Certificat en Sciences Sociales et Humanités — Sciences Po

From Soo's professional profile.