Samsung Ventures' MD Jihong Kim: Investing in Deep Tech & B2B Software

Jihong Kim is a venture capitalist at Samsung Ventures and has led both financial and strategic investments in software, digital media, and services. Noteworthy exits include SentinelOne (NYSE: S), Couchbase (NASDAQ: BASE), BigCommerce (NASDAQ: BIGC), Raxium (acquired by Google), ClassPass (acquired by Mindbody), Centrify (acquired by Thoma Bravo), Pluto.tv (acquired by Viacom), Fetch Robotics (acquired by Zebra Technologies), and Loom.ai (acquired by Roblox). He works closely with multiple business units across Samsung in mobile, consumer electronics and enterprise software sectors in order to identify and build strategic partnerships. Before joining Samsung Ventures, Jihong worked as a research analyst in a global long-short equity hedge fund. Prior to that, he advised enterprise clients in business strategy and execution as a management consultant at PwC. He began his career as a software engineer in Lucent Technologies and also held technical positions at early-stage tech start-ups. Jihong holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Topics: Impact of AI/ML on enterprise software Due diligence process for deep tech investments Future of consumer electronics and mobile technology #CorporateVC #SamsungVentures #VentureCapital #TechInvestments #StartupLife #DeepTech