Dong-Su Kim

LG Technology Ventures, CEO

Speaker Bio

Dong-Su Kim, Ph.D. is the CEO of LG Technology Ventures. He has over thirty years of investment, strategy, planning, and technology experience.


LG Technology Ventures was established in 2018 as the venture capital investment arm of the LG Group of South Korea. As the founding CEO, Dong-Su established the fund structure, hired key people, and initiated investment operations. Currently, LG Technology Ventures is managing over $800 million of fund assets and invests in early-stage AI, information technology, automotive, robotics, life-sciences, energy, and advanced materials companies. Portfolio companies include Arcellx, Anthropic, Deel, Figure.ai, May Mobility, and Moloco.


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 also led investments of over thirty companies in diverse sectors including semiconductors, equipment, materials, and storage systems and held multiple Board Director positions.


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

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