Previously, Dong-Su was Vice President and GM of Samsung Ventures America where he managed offices in Menlo Park, Boston, London, and Tel Aviv. He has led the investment of over thirty companies in diverse sectors including semiconductors (Soft Machines, Verisilicon, Wave Computing), equipment (DCG Systems, IMS, Reno Subsystems), materials (Nanosys, NexPlanar, Voltaix), and storage systems (Pure Storage).

Prior to joining Samsung Ventures, he was a Director at Asia Evolution, an investment bank in Korea covering mid-market financing, private placement, and M&As.

Before that, he was a Director at the Technology Strategy Office of Samsung Electronics. As the CTO’s staff, he was responsible for strategic venture investments and technology alliances. He also worked in technology planning for Samsung’s Telecom R&D center, responsible for discovering new research topics. Dong-Su started his professional career as a Technical Leader at Samsung Fiber Optics Business Unit in development of fiber optic components.

His past Board Director appointments include Datera, Digital Specialty Chemicals, Femtometrix, Inpria, Reno Subsystems, SBA Materials, SVXR, D2S, DCG Systems (acquired by FEI), NexPlanar (acquired by Cabot), Voltaix (acquired by Air Liquide), Panasas, and Pixtronix (acquired by Qualcomm). Dong-Su also served on the Investment Advisory Committee for Sierra Ventures.

Dong-Su has earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, and a B.S. with Honors in Applied Physics from California Institute of Technology

Anshul started his career as a software engineer at Epic System Corp, which he helped transform into the dominant company in the Healthcare IT space. At Epic, he conceived and launched multiple products while rotating between technical and business roles. After stints in the hedge fund and management consulting worlds, he gravitated to venture capital because of his passion for technology. Prior to joining LG Technology Ventures, Anshul was at Mitsui Investments where he invested in the areas of AI, Mobility, IoT, Data Analytics, Robotics, and Energy.

Anshul holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a degree in Computer & Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona.

As an investor, Mr. McIntyre served as a Partner at CMEA Ventures ($1b AUM) and an associate at H.I.G. Capital ($30b AUM) where he led many successful investments including Intermolecular (IPO), Schooner (acquired by Sandisk), Ageia (acquired by Nvidia), Visyx (acquired by Measurement Specialties), Lvl7 Systems (acquired by Broadcom), and Mojo Networks (acquired by Arista Networks).

As an entrepreneur, Mr. McIntyre has served as a business development executive at several start-up companies including NextBio (acquired by Illumina), TeselaGen Biotechnology, and AirWave Wireless (acquired by Hewlett-Packard).

Mr. McIntyre holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the Wharton School, where he was a Palmer Scholar.
 

As an experienced venture capitalist, Taejoon is passionate about deep technologies, such as artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, next generation displays, AR/VR, semiconductor, and cleantech.

Prior to joining LG Technology Ventures in 2018, Taejoon spent the previous seven years at Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, a leading semiconductor equipment company. As a senior member of the investment team, Taejoon was responsible for investments in semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, process technologies, advanced materials, and cleantech. Taejoon led and managed investment in DMO Systems (acquired by Applied Materials), Digital Specialty Chemicals (acquired by Entegris), Inpria, MTPV Power Corporation, BT Imaging, Voltaix (acquired by Air Liquide), and Enki Technology (acquired by First Solar). Prior to Applied Ventures, Taejoon was a senior consultant at Monitor Group’s Seoul office, where he performed diverse aspects of strategy projects for large Korean conglomerates in the electronics, chemicals, automotive, oil & gas, cleantech, and mobile sectors. Taejoon holds his B.S. in electrical engineering from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. Taejoon enjoys hiking and wine tasting. Most important to Taejoon, however, are his wife, Ji Yeon, and his two cats, Cosette and Marius.

Sungkwon started his career with LG in January 2012 and has held various R&D and corporate roles within LG Group, including LG Chem – Life Sciences, LG Corp – Tech Center, and LG Tech Ventures.

Before joining LG in Silicon Valley, Sungkwon was a consultant with Boston Consulting Group, where he focused on chemical, energy, semiconductor, healthcare, and biopharma industries.

Sungkwon holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University and B.S. dual degrees with Honors in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from Virginia Tech.

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Allievex, Alsemy, Enuma, Forge Nano, SES AI Corp (IPO – NYSE: SES)

Krishna’s view of the world changed when he was 11. He was given a Lego Mindstorms set. Ever since, he has been passionate about technology, tinkering and learning how things work.

Krishna has immense respect for the tenacity and dedication required to build companies from the ground-up. In his current role, he believes that his main purpose is to support founders and their teams.

Throughout his career, Krishna has worked at a range of organizations across four continents. He started his career at McKinsey and Company, was the first employee at a FinTech startup and has worked at IDEO, Amazon and Accenture.

Krishna holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from London Business School.

Outside of work, Krishna enjoys chasing his daughter around, exploring new restaurants with his wife and traveling.

Youngjun (Jun) is passionate about diverse subsectors of deep technologies and has over ten years of experience as an investor, financial advisor, and entrepreneur. 

Prior to joining LG Technology Ventures, Jun worked as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs' equity research division, M&A advisor at Deutsche Bank's investment banking division, and equity analyst at a TMT long/short equity hedge fund based in NYC. 

Jun holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and BA in Business Administration at Korea University in Seoul, Korea. 

Yong Joon started his career as an investment analyst at Rutter Private Equity and experienced various types of investments, from buyouts and growth capital to mezzanine deals. Yong Joon spent five years at Rutter Private Equity and three years at KPMG in the M&A division.

Yong Joon holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a BA degree in Economics, and a MA degree in International Business and Finance from Brandeis University.

Yong Joon enjoys traveling with his wife and daughter in his spare time. 

Freddy is passionate about building a better future through technology, especially IoT, VR / AR, robotics, and space tech. He has seven years of experience in deep-tech venture capital across corporate and institutional funds with Samsung Ventures, Grishin Robotics Venture Capital, CPP Investments, and a Web3 Accelerator.

His technical experience includes MEMS and microfluidics research at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, and the Italian Institute of Technology Nanotechnology Lab. He has built robotic rovers for The Mars Society and launched rockets from high-altitude balloons. An avid tinkerer, Freddy enjoys building computers and programming complex IoT automations, including hacking development boards into existing “dumb” appliances to turn his home into a fully automated “smart house”. 

Freddy holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics with a minor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford. He volunteers at UC Berkeley Launch, Stanford Lean Launchpad, and the Guardsmen of San Francisco.