Investing Profile

Jay Eum

InvestorVC
Managing Partner at GFT Ventures
gft.vc/jay-eumPalo Alto, California
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
298 CONNECTIONS
Goldman Sachs Network
187 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
141 CONNECTIONS
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GFT Ventures Managing Partner
$100K - $10.0M
$1M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Bria
Series AFeb 2024$24M
$24M
Co-investors: Amit Goldenberg (Entrée Capital Ventures), Avi Bharadwaj (Innovation Endeavors), Aravind Bharadwaj
boam.ai
SeedDec 2022$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Brita Rosenheim (Better Food Ventures), Fritz Lanman (Acequia Capital), Charlie Songhurst, Ashley Brasier
Opaper
Pre SeedMar 2022$1M
$1M
Quantstamp
SeedMar 2019$3M
$3.1M
Co-investors: Jason Gray (Pioneer Fund), Marvin Tien (Corner Ventures), George Burke, Aaron Harris
Penrose Studios
Series AJul 2018$10M
SeedMar 2016$9M
$19M
Co-investors: Kelsey Morgan Pasqualichio (Nex Cubed), James Riney (Coral Capital), Edith Yeung (Race Capital), Victor Young, Marc Benioff, William Adams
nWay
Series BDec 2017$11M
Series ADec 2013$5M
$20M
Co-investors: Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Phil Sanderson (Griffin Gaming Partners), Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Gregory Milken (March Capital)
SquareTwo
SeedDec 2017$2M
$4M
Co-investors: Larry Marcus (Marcy Venture Partners)
Epic
Series CMay 2017$8M
Series ADec 2014$4M
$51M
Co-investors: Shawn Carolan (Menlo Ventures), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), John Danner (Dunce Capital)
Founding Managing Partner GFT Ventures2021 - Present
Senior Advisor DTCP2020 - Present
Co-Founder TransLink Capital2007 - Present
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
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA
Seoul National University BS, MS Chemistry