YK

Yoon Kim

Chairman at KS Photonics & Professor Emritus at KAIST

Seoul

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Consumer Internet

San Francisco Bay Area

Locations:

Menlo Park, California

Min Investment:
$500,000.00
Max Investment:
$7,000,000.00
Target Investment:
$3,000,000.00

Skills

Optical Communications

Experimentation

Product Management

Telecommunications

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Stanford University
(1982 - 1985)
Master of Science - MS
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(1977 - 1979)
Bachelor's degree
Seoul National University
(1973 - 1977)

Work Experience

KS Photonics

2022

Chairman
2022

1990

Professor Emeritus
2018
Director of the Institute for Startup KAIST
2014 - 2019
Professor
1990 - 2018
Vice President for Research
2013 - 2015
Department Chair
1995 - 1997

Taihan Fiberoptics Co Ltd

2018 - 2023

Board Member
2018 - 2023

2020 - 2022

Venture Partner
2020 - 2022

KAIST Venture Investment Holdings

2018 - 2020

Chairman Of The Board
2018 - 2020

Korea Photonics Technology Institute

2012 - 2019

Board Member
2012 - 2019

Optical Society of Korea

2010 - 2011

President
2010 - 2011

Novera Optics, Inc.

1999 - 2008

Founder/Chairman/CEO
1999 - 2008

1995 - 2005

Founder/Board Member
1995 - 2005

Stanford University

1985 - 1989

Research Associate/Assistant Professor
1985 - 1989