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David Lee

Executive Vice President at Samsung Electronics

Palo Alto, California

CEO

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Skills

New Business Development
Advertising
Venture Capital
Start-ups
Corporate Development
Entrepreneurship
Product Management
E-commerce
Business Development
Mobile Devices
Angel Investing
Business Advisory
Management
Mergers & Acquisitions
Strategy
Intellectual Property
Strategic Partnerships
Monetization
Online Advertising

Education

Investments

Story Protocol

Series A

Total Funding: $25M

Hyperithm

Series B

Total Funding: $11M

The Plug Drink

Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Bolt Labs

Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Right Rice

Series Unknown

Total Funding: $6M

Mediachain

Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Meadow

Seed

Total Funding: $8.1M

Klarismo

Seed

Total Funding: $250K

Cofactor Genomics

Seed

Total Funding: $21M

Replicated

Seed

Total Funding: $82M

Work Experience

Samsung Electronics

2021

  • Executive Vice President

    2021

    Head of Samsung Next

Refactor Capital

2016 - 2021

  • Managing Partner

    2016 - 2021

Bees

2015 - 2016

  • Tee Ball Manager

    2015 - 2016

    Tee Ball Manager for Bees little league team ages 4-6.

SV Angel LLC

2007 - 2015

  • Managing Partner

    2007 - 2015

    SV Angel is an SF-based firm with investments in Coinbase, Blockstack, Chain.com, LedgerX, Flatiron Health, Airbnb, Stripe,, Dropbox, Github and others.

StumbleUpon Inc.

2007 - 2007

  • Head of Business Development

    2007 - 2007

Google Inc.

2003 - 2007

  • Principal

    2005 - 2007

    Lead new business development efforts related to video and other multimedia search and advertising projects.

  • Corporate Counsel

    2003 - 2005

    Structure, negotiate and execute commercial agreements related to revenue generation and distribution.

Morrison and Foerster LLP

2000 - 2003

  • Associate

    2000 - 2003

    Attorney focusing on technology-related transactions. Structured, negotiated and closed transactions related to the Internet, computer software, hardware, and other technologies in a variety of industries.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

1999 - 2000

  • Associate

    1999 - 2000

    Attorney focusing on corporate and securities, venture capital financings, M&A, technology licensing, and strategic alliances.