Investing Profile

Jay Eum

InvestorVC

Founding Managing Partner at GFT Ventures

gft.vc/jay-eumPalo Alto, California

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Goldman Sachs Network

949 CONNECTIONS

Mckinsey & Company Network

635 CONNECTIONS

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network

534 CONNECTIONS

McKinsey & Company Network

276 CONNECTIONS

Samsung Electronics Network

53 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

GFT Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Jay Eum is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

AR/VR (Series A)AR/VR (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Series A)AI (Seed)AI (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Internet (Series A)

Jay Eum's Investments On Record (28)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
TextQL	Series UnknownApr 2026$17M	$21M
Co-investors: Kevin C. Wang (.406 Ventures), Ali Partovi (Xtripe Angels), Hurst Lin (DCM Ventures), Varsha Rao (Nurx), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, LP)
Abacus	Series ANov 2025$5M	$14M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Croom Beatty (Menlo Ventures), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber)
Bria	Series BMar 2025$40M Series AFeb 2024$24M	$64M
Co-investors: Avi Bharadwaj (Intel Capital), Aravind Bharadwaj (TuTr Hyperloop), Amit Goldenberg (Entrée Capital Ventures), Daniela Coutinho (Bright Pixel Capital)
Anyware Robotics	SeedMar 2025$12M	$12M
Co-investors: Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures )
boam.ai	SeedDec 2022$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Ashley Brasier (Unknown Ventures), Brita Rosenheim (Vita Vera Ventures), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Charlie Songhurst
Opaper	Pre SeedMar 2022$1M	$1M
Quantstamp	SeedMar 2019$3M	$3.1M
Co-investors: Marvin Tien (Corner Ventures), Aaron Harris (Y Combinator), Jason Gray (Pioneer Fund), George Burke
Penrose Studios	Series AJul 2018$10M SeedMar 2016$9M	$19M
Co-investors: Kelsey Morgan Pasqualichio (NextGen Venture Partners), Edith Yeung (500 Startups Korea), Victor Young (X Fund), James Riney (Coral Capital), William Adams, Marc Benioff

Jay Eum's Experience

Founding Managing Partner GFT Ventures2021 - Present

Senior Advisor DTCP2020 - Present

Co-Founder TransLink Capital2007 - Present

Associate Mckinsey & CompanyPresent

Vice President VERTEX MANAGEMENT LIMITEDPresent

General Manager, North Asia SyniversePresent

Managing Director Samsung ElectronicsPresent

Board Director Gauss LabsPresent

National Advisory Council AAAIMPresent

Board Director Bria AIPresent

Board Director RabotPresent

Board Director Anyware RoboticsPresent

Board Director Go AbacusPresent

Managing Director Samsung Ventures2003 - 2007

General Manager, North Asia Aicent2003 - 2003

Vice President Vertex Management1999 - 2002

Sr. Director Dialpad Communications, Inc.2000 - 2001

Associate McKinsey & Company1999 - 2000

Summer Associate Goldman Sachs1998 - 1999

Jay Eum's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA

Seoul National University BS, MS Chemistry

International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) BS, MS Chemistry

Seoul National University BS MS, Chemistry

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