Minsoo Kim

Investor at Asian Development Bank

Seoul

Overview

Minsoo Kim is a Venture Capital & Private Equity Investments professional at the Asian Development Bank in Seoul, with a background in investing in various stages and sectors, including Logistics and FinTech. Notable highlights of their career include serving as a Series C Investor and Board Observer at Skycatch, and investing in companies like Rider and Agroshift.

Work Experience

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Digital Technology for Development
2024 - Current
Concept development for venture capital funds of funds in emerging markets in Asia and the Pacific
Risk Management Specialist
2023 - 2024
Equity risk management across direct and fund investments (Office of Risk Management)
Young Professional (Investment & Risk Management Specialist)
2020 - 2023
Digital Technology for Development, CCDT, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (2024-Current) Equity Risk (Direct & Funds), RMCD2, Office of Risk Management (2023) ADB Ventures, Business Development Team, Private Sector Operations Department (2020-Current) - Part of an early team building out the Asian Development Bank's venture capital platform. - Early-stage and early-growth technology investments across consumer and enterprise (AgriTech, CleanTech, ClimateTech, FinTech, HealthTech). Equity Investments Unit, Private Sector Operations Department (2022) - Part of a working group developing a framework for ADB’s approach to private sector equity investments. Private Sector Operations, People's Republic of China Mission (2021-2022) - ADB private sector transactions in the People's Republic of China. Selected as one of nine Young Professionals from a pool of ~3600 applicants.

ADB Ventures

Investor
2020
Select investment experience (sourced/led): Skycatch (US) - Series C Dastgyr (Pakistan) - Seed Poko fka Shoppa (Vietnam) - Pre-Seed Truck It In (Pakistan) - Pre-Seed Rider Logistics (Pakistan) - Seed E Green Global (South Korea) - Series B Red Dot Analytics (Singapore) - Seed Path+ (China) - Pre-Seed RIMM Sustainability (Singapore) - Pre-Seed