Kasey Kyungsil Roh

Head of Business US

2024 - Current

Co-Founder & Angel Investor

2020

We are a community for former and current Facebook employees supporting entrepreneurship as founders, investors, and advisors. We invest in strong companies from the FB alumni and affiliated network and support founders by providing intellectual resources, advisory, and a strong network of FB alumni. Some of our syndicated deals & my portfolio companies are highlighted here: https://angel.co/p/kasey-roh Obviously AI BukuWarung OlaClick Chaldal EarthSense Kippo Ignition You.com RudderStack BlockDaemon Uniswap Labs EigenLayers

Principal

2021 - 2024

Primer Sazze Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm backed by some of the most successful tech entrepreneurs in Korea and in the US. We back Korean and Korean American founders with global ambition.

Capital Strategy

2019 - 2021

Senior Financial Analyst

2017 - 2019

Capital Markets & Portfolio Management Asset-based Financing Procurement & Management • Managed over $2 billion liquidity through various asset-based financing deals, including inventory financing, commercial real estate lending, and asset-backed securitization. • Automated global inventory forecast model by projecting raw material consumption rate and global delivery volume using SQL and Python • Experience with leading transactions through lifecycle from deal origination to setting up ongoing performance management system

Senior Asset Management Analyst

2015 - 2017

Solar PPA Portfolio Management (SolarCity was acquired by Tesla) • Managed $700 million solar PPA transactions involving partnership flip, lease pass-through, and renewable energy credit wholesale trade structures. • Experience with building pro forma financial models to size deal, negotiating contract terms, and managing financial covenants for ongoing compliance • Acted as point of contact to share real-time performance summary with senior management across Finance, Sales and O&M departments and worked with them to identify and mitigate potential issues

Corporate Finance Teaching Assistant

2014 - 2015

Project Finance Analyst

2014 - 2015

• Drafted a financial feasibility report analyzing project financing structures and credit enhancement strategies for a US$ 1 billion power plant and transmission line project in Tanzania • Conducted stress tests on financial models to identify key risks involved in projects • Reviewed commercial contracts (e.g. PPA, Input Supply Contract) to verify whether each risk is well allocated among stakeholders • Assessed projects' eligibility for loan guarantees offered by the U.S. Ex-Im, OPIC, and Multilateral Development Banks and evaluated their impacts on the bankability of the projects • Created an investor pitch presentation for a US$ 400 million waste-to-power project in Ghana

Energy and Commerce Section Researcher

2013 - 2014

• Researched investment opportunities in the U.S. wind and solar energy market for Korean companies participating at the Select USA 2013 Investment Summit and created PowerPoint presentation • Drafted a report regarding the emergence of new electric utility business models with the integration of renewable generation in the U.S. for an undersecretary at the Korean Ministry of Knowledge and Economy • Prepared weekly briefings for senior attachés regarding the U.S. energy market, major multinational corporations, and relevant regulatory changes in the U.S. government

Project Management Associate

2012 - 2013

ISGAN is the short name for the International Energy Agency (IEA) Implementing Agreement for a Co-operative Programme on Smart Grids (ISGAN). ISGAN was launched at the first Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), a meeting of energy and environment ministers and stakeholders from 23 countries and the European Union held in Washington, D.C in 2010. ISGAN is meant to complement, leverage, and bolster existing or nascent international efforts on smart grid through high-level government-to-government engagement.

International Trade Research Assistant

2012 - 2012