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Jim Kim is the Founder and General Partner of Builders VC and Founder and General Partner of Formation 8.
Jim Kim began his career with GE Structured Finance and subsequently moved to GE’s Energy Financial Services Division where he worked on project financing for renewable energy projects. As a founding partner of the Energy Technology Ventures group, Jim invested in A123Systems, China High Speed Transmission, Ocean Power Delivery, and several later-stage companies across diverse cleantech sectors. Jim then joined CMEA Capital as a senior partner in the Energy & Materials practice. There he collaborated with entrepreneurs from A123Systems, Foro Energy, and a number of university spinouts. Most recently, Jim Kim was a partner at Khosla Ventures, where he led seed investments in companies like Varentec, Arcanum, and Avogy, and later-stage investments in companies like Ciris Energy.
Jim received undergraduate degrees in computer science, electrical engineering and political science from MIT, where he also founded an Internet infrastructure start-up at the height of the technology bubble. He holds an MBA and a master’s in quantitative methods from Columbia University.
When he’s not spending his free time making wine or practicing hung gar kung fu, Jim teaches green energy and entrepreneurship as an adjunct professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, and conducts research with a professor at the Columbia Earth Institute. Jim hopes to see the U.S. National Soccer team win the World Cup in his lifetime.
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San Francisco, California, United States, North America
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2018
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Financial Services, Venture Capital, Angel Investment
Jobs history
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Carbon Health
Investor
2017 - Current
BOD Member & Investor
2013 - 2014
General Automation Lab Technologies
Board of Directors
2018 - Current
Performance Livestock Analytics
Investor
2019 - Current
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Jim Kim is the Founder & General Partner at Builders VC, based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Jim Kim has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.
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Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Investor Name | Money Raised |
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Sep 16, 2019 | Fieldwire | Series C - Fieldwire | Formation 8 | 33.5M |
May 04, 2020 | - | Series B - Checkerspot | Builders VC | 36.0M |
May 27, 2020 | Ascus Biosciences | Series B - Ascus Biosciences | Formation 8 | 46.0M |
Apr 17, 2024 | Breaking | Seed Round - Breaking | Builders VC | 10.5M |
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