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David Lee

Executive Vice President at Samsung Electronics

Palo Alto, California

Overview 

David Lee is the Executive Vice President at Samsung Electronics in Palo Alto, California, with a background in corporate development, entrepreneurship, and strategic partnerships. Highlights of his career include managing partner roles at Refactor Capital and SV Angel LLC, as well as investing in successful companies like Hyperithm and Replicated. Currently, David Lee's significant career achievements include leading strategic initiatives at Samsung Electronics and making successful investments in companies such as Hyperithm and Replicated.

Work Experience 

  • Executive Vice President

    2021 - Current

    Head of Samsung Next

The main role of GSG is to enhance Samsung’s business performance and global reach, while simultaneously developing a pool of talented

  • Managing Partner

    2016 - 2021

Refactor Capital is a seed stage VC firm investing $1-2M into hard tech startups from its 4th fund, $50M in size.

  • Tee Ball Manager

    2015 - 2016

    Tee Ball Manager for Bees little league team ages 4-6.

  • Managing Partner

    2007 - 2015

    SV Angel is an SF-based firm with investments in Coinbase, Blockstack, Chain.com, LedgerX, Flatiron Health, Airbnb, Stripe,, Dropbox, Github and others.

SVA is a venture fund that supports entrepreneurs in building lasting companies.

  • Head of Business Development

    2007 - 2007

  • Principal

    2005 - 2007

    Lead new business development efforts related to video and other multimedia search and advertising projects.

  • Corporate Counsel

    2003 - 2005

    Structure, negotiate and execute commercial agreements related to revenue generation and distribution.

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Associate

    2000 - 2003

    Attorney focusing on technology-related transactions. Structured, negotiated and closed transactions related to the Internet, computer software, hardware, and other technologies in a variety of industries.

  • Associate

    1999 - 2000

    Attorney focusing on corporate and securities, venture capital financings, M&A, technology licensing, and strategic alliances.

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