John S. Kim

John S. Kim is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sendbird, the no. 1 conversations platform for mobile apps. Since hatching out of the Y Combinator in 2016, Sendbird’s platform has grown to serve over 320M monthly chat users across the world's leading companies, such as DoorDash, PayPal, Match Group, Yahoo!, Rakuten, and Walgreens. Under John’s leadership, Sendbird has raised $220M+ in funding from ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global, Meritech, Emergence, SoftBank Vision Fund, Shasta, August, and Y Combinator. Sendbird officially became a unicorn in 2021. Earlier in his career, he founded Paprika Lab, a social gaming company, which later got acquired by GREE.

John also serves as a General Partner at Valon Capital, a venture capital firm focusing on B2B/SaaS/AI, deep tech, fintech, and health care.

John’s counsel and ideas are frequently sought out as an entrepreneur, investor, and thought leader. He frequently contributes articles to publications such as Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and more. He also has served as a lecturer at Stanford University and Seoul National University.

A graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Seoul National University with a degree in Computer Science, John is well regarded as an engineer and a business leader. To this day, he works passionately to ensure that products of his company vastly increase the productivity of businesses across the globe.

John S. Kim is the Co-Founder & CEO at Sendbird, based in United States, North America. With a background in Mobile, John S. Kim has a rich history of leadership and innovation. John S. Kim studied BS Computer Science and Engineering @ Seoul National University. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.