Minn Kim
Founder of Lighthouse HQ
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2024 - Current
making U.S. immigration fast and simple www.lighthousehq.com
Co-Founder
2022 - 2024
Supporting top talent with immigration services
Plymouth Street offers fast U.S. work visas for technologists, focusing on O-1 visa approvals and global talent mobility.
Advisor
2022 - 2023
Advisor to seed and Series A enterprise software and AI startups. Notable portfolio companies: Braze, InCountry, SafeGraph, MaintainX, Zipline
Partner
2021 - 2022
Investing in early-stage founders. Launched a global accelerator from scratch, funded 130+ companies globally including US, Canada, Europe, India, Africa. Ran two cohort-based founder fellowships. Interviewed 300+ founders out of 6000+ applicants.
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
Board Member
2019 - 2021
EVCA is a non-profit association that supports the next generation of venture capital investors.
Principal
2017 - 2021
Investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies. Focused on AI/ML companies (Weights & Biases, Skan, SparkAI) and full stack startups transforming critical industries (Flexport, Newfront, Airspace, Chef).
Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture fund backed by Bloomberg investing in startups focusing on machine learning and the future of work.
Corporate Development
2016 - 2017
Sourcing and diligence for technology companies for acquisition and/or partnerships for Bloomberg Terminal, Buy Side Solutions, and Bloomberg Media
Career Services Advisor
2012 - 2014
Career advisory for undergraduate and graduate students in Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Business
Violinist
2010 - 2014
New York Youth Symphony educates and trains young musicians in ensemble performance.