Ki-Jun Kim Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Chief Executive...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Med. Deal Size

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Ki-Jun Kim General Information

Biography

Mr. Ki-Jun Kim serves as Chief Executive Officer & Partner at Kakao Ventures. Mr. Kim concentrates on giving early-stage support to consumer, internet, game, and tech startups at K Cube Ventures. Before K Cube Ventures, he was a Co-Founder & Executive at Idea Works, a mobile service startup; an Associate at VirtualTek, an IT service and groupware startup that became a publicly listed company; a Manager at SK Communications, the provider of social networking service CyWorld/NateOn; and a Manager at CJ Holdings. His diverse experience includes business strategy execution and new business development. With his many years of experience as an engineer, he is well-versed in the rapidly evolving technology of the startup world. He can be an insightful discussion partner to startups not only on business and management issues but also on technical issues. He earned his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Seoul National University and his Master's Degree in Information Systems from the Yonsei University Graduate School of Information.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Chief Executive Officer & Partner, Kakao Ventures
Education
Seoul National University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Yonsei University, MS (Master of Science)
Gender
Male
Email
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Address
  • 4th Floor, Kakao Pangyo Agit, 166
  • Pangyoyeok-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam -si
  • Seoul, Gyeonggi-do 13524
  • South Korea

Ki-Jun Kim Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Kakao Ventures Investor Chief Executive Officer & Partner Seoul, South Korea Venture Capital

Ki-Jun Kim Lead Partner on Deals (28)

Ki-Jun Kim has been the lead partner on 28 deals. Their latest deal was with KAIST OQT, a education and training services (b2b) company. The deal was made for on 13-Feb-2025.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
KAIST OQT 13-Feb-2025 Seed Round Completed Education and Training Services (B2B) Daejeon, South Korea
Conalog 15-Feb-2022 Completed Electronic Equipment and Instruments Seoul, South Korea
Floatic 24-Aug-2021 Completed Other Hardware Seoul, South Korea
Rebellions 20-Jul-2021 Completed Application Specific Semiconductors Seongnam, South Korea
Qrio Studio 21-Mar-2021 Completed Multimedia and Design Software Seoul, South Korea
Dable 11-Jan-2021 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Seoul, South Korea
Rebellions 16-Nov-2020 Completed Application Specific Semiconductors Seongnam, South Korea
Impressivo 17-Mar-2020 Completed Electronic Equipment and Instruments Seoul, South Korea
Impressivo 01-Jan-2020 Later Stage VC Completed Electronic Equipment and Instruments Seoul, South Korea
Datumo 16-Jul-2019 Seed Round Completed Business/Productivity Software Seoul, South Korea

Ki-Jun Kim Network (77)

Portfolio Executives (76)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Donggyu Kim Ph.D KAIST OQT Chief Executive Officer 13-Feb-2025 Daejeon, South Korea
Eunseo Kim Conalog Founder & Chief Executive Officer 15-Feb-2022 Seoul, South Korea
Conalog Chief Executive Officer 15-Feb-2022 Seoul, South Korea
Floatic Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 24-Aug-2021 Seoul, South Korea
Rebellions Co-Founder 20-Jul-2021 Seongnam, South Korea

Fund Team Members (1)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Kakao Ventures Seoul, South Korea

Ki-Jun Kim Affiliated Funds (1)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Kakao-Shinhan 1st TNYT Fund Kakao Ventures Venture - General Closed 2022

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