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Kim Nguyen
Early-stage investing at Forward Deployed Investor
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Kim Nguyen is a VC based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, with a background in early-stage investing, growth equity, and private equity analysis. Notable career achievements include roles at Forward Deployed VC, MassMutual Ventures, Blueprint Equity, and HCAP Partners, focusing on sectors such as Cybersecurity, FinTech, and Real Estate/PropTech. Kim's expertise lies in financial modeling, corporate finance, and event planning, with a strong track record of investing in Series A and Seed stage companies.
Work Experience
Early-stage investing
2023 - Current
Investing in national security alongside a founding Palantir engineer Cybersecurity, frontier tech, supply chain, defense, data & AI
Forward Deployed VC invests in clean energy, biotech, and healthcare companies.
Investor
2020 - 2022
Investing across enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech & proptech https://massmutualventures.com/
Growth Equity
2019 - 2020
Enterprise Software
Blueprint Equity is the growth equity investment firm based in San Diego, CA.
Private Equity Analyst
2017 - 2019
Impact Investing Fund