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Joey Kim

General Partner at Takeoff Capital

Nashville, Tennessee

Overview 

Joey Kim is a General Partner at Takeoff Capital in Nashville, Tennessee, with a background in venture capital and consulting. Notable highlights include leading investments in various sectors such as Wellness & Fitness and Retail, and co-founding Looking Glass as the Chief Product Officer. Joey has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and has held key roles at Romulus Capital and McKinsey & Company, demonstrating expertise in financial modeling, data analysis, and investment strategy.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2025 - Current

    AI-powered home services in restoration.

  • General Partner

    2020

    General Partner at Takeoff Capital, $30M AUM technology investment firm focused on home services, construction, and real estate, leveraging the relationships we built when we were building our own construction technology unicorn (EquipmentShare, YC W15, $4B revenue).

VC for Construction Technology. Built by unicorn contech founders & investors. Built for builders.

  • Partner

    2020 - 2022

  • Principal

    2019 - 2020

  • Sr. Associate

    2018 - 2019

  • Associate

    2017 - 2018

Romulus Capital is an American seed- and early-stage venture capital fund that invests in technology companies.

  • Business Analyst

    2015 - 2017

    Focused on home services, fintech, healthtech & sales at tech companies.

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

  • Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

    2014 - 2015

    • Founded out of Harvard Innovation lab • Data visualization tool for Managing Directors representing Fidelity to 401k Plan Sponsors to facilitate conversation around how to better align benefits offerings with workforce strategy

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