Did you know that leading tech companies, namely Apple, Google, and Microsoft, started their journey with venture capital funding? As many success stories suggest, venture capital is a key financial resource for startups’ emergence and growth.
Join us for our upcoming YPN series featuring two leaders in venture capital – Bernard Moon, Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group, and John Nahm, Co-founder & Managing Partner at Strong Ventures. Bernard and John will have a lively discussion on topics helpful to aspiring entrepreneurs seeking timely advice, including their career highlights, their supervisory roles at the company, and how they managed to seek robust business growth. Moreover, they will shed light on the current market trends and prospects for venture capital. Moderating this session is another leading venture capital specialist, Eddie Lee, a Partner at White Star Capital.
This event will be held in person, followed by a brief networking session with the panelists.
This program is made possible by the support from Yang Won Sun Foundation.
Supported by Drinksool and Poom, light refreshments will be provided throughout the event.
Young Professionals' Network
Meet the Leaders of Venture Capital
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 | 6:30 PM (EST)
VIDEO RELEASE: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 | 4:30 PM (EST)
The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Bernard Moon is a Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group, which is a network of accelerators and venture capital funds that has invested in over 400 companies across 6 continents since 2013. Previously, he was a Managing Director at the Lunsford Group, which is a private investment firm with holdings in real estate, healthcare and other industries. He serves on the advisory boards to Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Data Science and Nanyang Technological University’s EcoLabs (Centre of Innovation for Energy).
John Nahm is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Strong Ventures, where he focuses on consumer, fintech and digital media investments, both in Korea and North America. Prior to Strong Ventures, John co-founded Phonevite, an award-winning internet telephony startup serving thousands of schools, non-profits and community groups in North America. John started his Silicon Valley career as a Business Development Manager and then a Senior Product Manager at Dialpad, a hybrid Korean-Silicon Valley Voice over IP company that was acquired by Yahoo!, and which became Yahoo! Voice. His experience also includes working in finance as a Vice President of International Banking at US Bank and as Assistant Vice President of International Trade Finance at Comerica Bank. John’s passion for tech, global finance and international relations grew, early in his professional life, while working in IT Management at the United Nations in New York and while obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR:
Eddie Lee is a Partner at White Star Capital, a global multi-stage technology investment firm based in NY. He partners with founders across web3, SaaS, fintech, gaming, mobility, and digital health. Eddie started his career with JP Morgan in the Private Equity Group and later held an internal strategy role for the Big Data & Business Intelligence Group. In between his college years, he enlisted and served in the Republic of Korea Army, where he was part of the Strategy and Operations Command and was deployed to Haiti with the UN Peacekeeping Operations. Eddie double majored in Information Systems and Advertising at Syracuse University and received my MBA from Columbia Business School.