Jay Kim

Investor at Black Jays

New York, New York

Overview 

Jay Kim is an Investor at Black Jays Ventures, with a background in corporate strategy, growth, and strategic planning. His career highlights include investing in various sectors such as Direct-to-Consumer, Wellness & Fitness, and Retail, and his experience includes roles at Samsung Asset Management and PwC. Kim's current role involves investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies in sectors like Digital Health and Consumer Internet, showcasing his expertise in financial modeling and venture capital.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

    Joined at the launch of Fund II, investing across pre-seed/seed in consumer, healthcare, fintech, edtech, and AI. Sourced and/or led the diligence in: - Lotus Health AI (Pre-seed, US) - Accomplish Health (Seed+, US) - Level Zero Health (Pre-seed, US/UK) - CLEO Skin + Laser (Seed, US)

  • Private Investor

    2021

    Invested in a handful of early-stage startups and funds since 2021. Drawn to companies tackling massive problems (or those that I can directly relate to), teams with clear vision/goals, and founders who are extraordinary (those I'd be excited to learn from). Some of the companies/funds include (but not limited to): - Airplane (Series A, US) - Caldo (Pre-seed, US) - Coatue (Fund IV & V, US) - Comma Capital (Fund I, US) - Dream Capital (Fund I, US) - Dukkantek (Seed, UAE) - Formation (Fund I, US) - Nitra (Seed, US) - OneSchema (Seed+, US) - SnoutID (Pre-seed, US) - Sool fka Makku (Pre-seed, US) - Swish Robotics (Pre-seed, US) - Zette (Pre-seed, US)

  • Growth

    2017 - 2023

    Spent my early days as an operator, wearing many hats across finance, product, data, and growth

We serve real food—mostly vegetables—that's grown by farmers, cooked by chefs, and inspired by the seasons. 🥕

Raised $136,500,000.00 from Monogram Capital Partners, Union Square Hospitality Group, Avalt, Inherent Group, Kitchen Fund and Eminence Capital LP.

  • Equity Research

    2016 - 2016

    Dipped my toes in finance

  • Research

    2015 - 2015

    Helped research on neurological development impairment in children

  • Audit

    2014 - 2014

    Learned how to read BS/PL

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