Investing Profile

Jay Eum

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Managing Partner at GFT Ventures
gft.vc/jay-eumPalo Alto, California
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Networks Jay is a member of
Goldman Sachs Network
649 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
423 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
276 CONNECTIONS
Seoul National University Network
24 CONNECTIONS
DTCP Network
20 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
GFT Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
37

Jay Eum is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jay Eum's Investments On Record (27)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
TextQL
Series UnknownApr 2026$17M
$21M
Co-investors: Hurst Lin (DCM), Varsha Rao (Nurx), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Kevin C. Wang (.406 Ventures), Ali Partovi (Airbnb, Convoy, Facebook, Uber, Zappos, etc)
Abacus
Series ANov 2025$5M
$14M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Croom Beatty (Menlo Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures)
Bria
Series BMar 2025$40M
Series AFeb 2024$24M
$64M
Co-investors: Avi Bharadwaj (Innovation Endeavors), Daniela Coutinho (Bright Pixel Capital), Amit Goldenberg (Entrée Capital Ventures), Aravind Bharadwaj
Anyware Robotics
SeedMar 2025$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures )
boam.ai
SeedDec 2022$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Brita Rosenheim (Better Food Ventures), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Charlie Songhurst, Ashley Brasier
Opaper
Pre SeedMar 2022$1M
$1M
Quantstamp
SeedMar 2019$3M
$3.1M
Co-investors: Marvin Tien (Corner Ventures), Jason Gray (Pioneer Fund), Aaron Harris, George Burke
Penrose Studios
Series AJul 2018$10M
SeedMar 2016$9M
$19M
Co-investors: James Riney (Coral Capital), Edith Yeung (500 Startups Korea), Victor Young (X Fund), Kelsey Morgan Pasqualichio (Nex Cubed), William Adams, Marc Benioff

Jay Eum's Experience

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

Jay Eum's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA
Seoul National University BS, MS Chemistry