Jim Kim
General Partner at Builders Investor
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and General Partner
2016 - Current
- Founder and General Partner at BUILDERS VC, focused on Series A companies bringing technology and operational excellence to antiquated industries. - Areas of interest include platform companies fixing Agriculture, Real-Estate, Industrial, Health IT, and hard technology problems. - Investments: Carbon Health, Notable Labs, Bowery Valuation, GetUpside, Checkerspot, and Performance Livestock Analytics.
Founder & General Partner
2011
- Founder and Managing Partner at Formation 8, leading investments in software, platforms, and data analytics. - Currently serving on the boards of Bolt Threads, Ascus Biosciences, GALT, and Fieldwire. - Other investments include Gradiant, Motive Drilling, Taxon (acq. by Dupont), Wish, and Foro.
Formation 8, a California-based technology investment firm, focuses on seed, early, and later stage venture investments.
Partner
2009 - 2011
- General Partner at Khosla Ventures with a focus on infrastructure, hardware, and diversified technology investments.
Khosla Ventures provides venture assistance to entrepreneurs in AI, sustainability, enterprise, consumer, health and frontier technologies.
Raised $1,500,000.00 from Raj Sareen.
Partner
2007 - 2009
- Senior Partner in the Energy & Materials practice at CMEA Capital. - Collaborated with entrepreneurs from A123 Systems, Foro Energy, and a number of university spinouts.
Founder & Vice-President
2003 - 2007
- Founding Partner of GE’s Energy Technology Ventures group and led investments in A123Systems, China High Speed Transmission (HK:658), ComScore (SCOR), Danger (acquired by MSFT), Ocean Power Delivery, and several later-stage companies across diverse technology sectors.
GE Commercial Finance is one of General Electric's largest growth engines.