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John Kim

Managing Partner at Amasia

Los Angeles, California

Overview 

John Kim is the Managing Partner at Amasia, with a strong background in start-ups, venture capital, and entrepreneurship. He has served on the boards of various companies and invested in a wide range of sectors, including Supply Chain Tech, Digital Health, and FinTech. His career highlights include being a Board Director at Dialpad and investing in innovative companies like Xendit, TreeDots, and Aplikasi Super.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2013 - Current

  • Board Director

    2015

Dialpad is an AI-powered cloud communications platform that turns conversations into opportunities and helps teams make smart calls.

Raised $450,000,000.00 from Amasia, T-Mobile Ventures, YTWO, Empede Capital, Google Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Work-Bench, Section 32 and OMERS Growth Equity.

  • Board Observer

    2018

  • Board Director

    2019

  • Board Director

    2020

  • Board Director

    2020

  • Board Observer

    2016 - 2022

The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry.

Raised $139,459,000.00 from Bedrock Capital Partners, Comcast Ventures, Y Combinator, Powerhouse Capital, Switch Ventures and Emerson Collective.

  • Board Observer

    2016 - 2021

  • Angel Investor

    2014 - 2021

Ginkgo Bioworks is a developer of biological engineering products and custom microbes across multiple markets.

Raised $1,575,403,063.00 from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.

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