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Joseph Jeong

Venture Partner at Black Opal Ventures

Chicago, Illinois

Overview 

Joseph Jeong is a Venture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners in Chicago, Illinois, with a background in venture capital, technology evaluation, and clean energy commercialization. He has a strong track record of investing in and supporting innovative startups in sectors such as Semiconductors, Manufacturing, EnergyTech, and BioTech, showcasing his expertise in business strategy and cross-functional team leadership. With a Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology and experience at top firms like Applied Materials, Joseph Jeong has successfully co-founded Biopath Ventures and held key roles at Black Opal Ventures, demonstrating his prowess in technology development and commercialization within the clean energy and sustainable energy sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - Current

ARCH is a venture firm that focuses on life science discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure disease.

  • Venture Partner

    2022

Black Opal is a venture capital investment firm.

  • Co-Founder & Partner

    2018 - 2020

    Founded a VC to attempt to launch a fund focused on life sciences tools and diagnostics, investing globally and based out of Singapore https://biopathvc.com/

  • Investment Director

    2018 - 2018

    Investment Principal - 2015 to 2017 Senior Investment Associate - 2014 to 2015 Investment Associate - 2011 to 2013

  • Investment Principal

    2016 - 2017

  • Senior Investment Associate

    2014 - 2015

  • Investment Associate

    2011 - 2013

Applied Materials is a semiconductor and display equipment company that offers materials engineering solutions.

Raised $101,528,814.00 from Stonnington Group.

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2018

    Ultivue is developing proprietary reagents, instruments and bioinformatics tools to enable high speed, high spatial resolution and multiplexed biological imaging in situ. https://www.ultivue.com/

Ultivue is a biotechnology company that specializes in tissue imaging, diagnostics, and multiplexing.

Raised $110,576,238.00 from Northpond Ventures, Applied Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Ally Bridge Group, Pura Vida Investments and ARCH Venture Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2017 - 2018

    Lumiode is a Columbia University spin-out that is developing high brightness microdisplays for advanced displays and industrial applications. https://www.lumiode.com

Lumiode is developing a new microdisplay platform for head-mounted displays, pico projectors, and head-up displays.

Raised $7,261,258.00 from Applied Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2016 - 2018

    SuNAM is a superconductivity technology company that develops 2nd-generation high temperature superconducting (HTS) wire based in Ansan, Korea. http://i-sunam.com/home/

  • Board Observer

    2012 - 2018

    Fortix is an automation equipment manufacturer specializing in solar based in Incheon, Korea http://fortix.kr/

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2018

    TGO Technology Corporation is a Korean startup based in Giheung, South Korea, that is developing an novel technology for masks for OLED. http://www.tgopto.com

  • Board Observer

    2014 - 2018

    Twist Bioscience is a synthetic biology company developing an innovative semiconductor based DNA synthesis platform based in San Francisco, CA https://twistbioscience.com/ NASDAQ: TWST

Twist Bioscience is a biotechnology company that offers synthetic DNA solutions, gene synthesis, and variant libraries.

Raised $553,110,714.00 from Capital World Investors.

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