LJ

Lily Joo

Venture Partner at VentureFriends

Berlin, Berlin

Overview

Work Experience

  • Venture Partner

    2023 - Current

  • Founding Partner

    2019

    Looking for ambitious, courageous teams building ventures with a clear path to >100M€ Rev RR in 8-10yr timeframe. Currently spaces where I'm excited about: #1: Accelerating Energy Transition and Decarbonization #2: Increasing Quality, Lowering Cost, or Unlocking Access to Healthcare & Longevity #3: Improving Productivity, Efficiency, and Security in Enterprise #4: Other profitable, cashflow-generating businesses aiming to grow exponentially disrupt massive, fragmented markets and under innovated industries, with tech & branding as profitable growth lever Focus Models: B2B, Subscription, SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Focus Markets: Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy

  • Angel Investor

    2023

    Challenger Coffee Chain in Europe. Good Coffee with Great Baristas.

  • Limited Partner

    2022

    $50 million fund investing early stage companies in LATAM

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⌛🦄 Offering digital credit card solution for maximum flexibility and savings in Europe. Raised €53m round + €100m debt from Paypal, Molten Ventures, SBI Investment, Alstin Capital, and Motive Ventures. (via M&A of Friday Finance)

  • Angel Investor

    2022

    Flow 48 is positioning itself as the most attractive alternative financing partner in the GCC and S.Africa offering the local SME ecosystem a solution to capital access in order to fill the gaps left behind by traditional banking institutions. Raised $25M Pre series A from Speedinvest, Daphni, 212, Blockchain Founders Fund, Unpopular Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, TLG, and strategic angels (among them Scott Sandell from NEA)

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⌛🦄 Enabling any company to manage all the payment methods and fraud providers through a single integration across LATAM. Raised $25m Series A round led by DST Global, a16z, Tiger Global, Kaszek, Monashees.

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⏳🦄 B2B Ecommerce and Financial Services digitizing Retail and Industrials in Brazil & LATAM. Raised $55m Series B led by Greylock Partner, Andreesen Horowitz, Monashees, Founders Fund, Tiger Global, NXTP, ONEVC, MAYA, Pear VC Avenir Growth and A* Capital

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⏳🦄 B2B Ecommerce and Financial Services digitizing Retail and Industrials in Pakistan. Raised $70m Series B co-led by Tiger Global and Dragoneer

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    Largest Revenue Based Financing investor in India on a mission to provide fast, flexible & founder-friendly capital to digital businesses from early to growth stages. Raised $20M led by 9Unicorns and Sequoia Surge.

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