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Lily Joo

Venture Partner at VentureFriends

Berlin, Berlin

Overview 

Lily Joo is an Early Stage Investor based in Berlin with a background in corporate finance and strategy. She has made significant investments in various sectors like Enterprise Infrastructure, Digital Health, and Web3/Crypto, showcasing a strong track record in seed and Series A funding rounds. Lily's career highlights include her roles as a Founding Partner at 10K Ventures and a Venture Partner at VentureFriends, where she has demonstrated expertise in financial analysis, market research, and valuation while investing in a diverse range of start-ups and emerging companies.

Work Experience 

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VentureFriends

  • Venture Partner

    2023 - Current

1V

10K Ventures

  • Founding Partner

    2019

    Looking for ambitious, courageous teams building ventures with a clear path to >100M€ Rev RR in 8-10yr timeframe. Currently spaces where I'm excited about: #1: Accelerating Energy Transition and Decarbonization #2: Increasing Quality, Lowering Cost, or Unlocking Access to Healthcare & Longevity #3: Improving Productivity, Efficiency, and Security in Enterprise #4: Other profitable, cashflow-generating businesses aiming to grow exponentially disrupt massive, fragmented markets and under innovated industries, with tech & branding as profitable growth lever Focus Models: B2B, Subscription, SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Focus Markets: Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy

E

Edgee

  • Investor & Board Member

    2024

    Open-source platform for edge computing Raised $2.9M pre-seed funding co-led by Serena and VentureFriends

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Pliant

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⌛🦄 Offering digital credit card solution for maximum flexibility and savings in Europe. Raised €53m round + €100m debt from Paypal, Molten Ventures, SBI Investment, Alstin Capital, and Motive Ventures. (via M&A of Friday Finance)

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Newtopia VC

  • Limited Partner

    2022

    $50 million fund investing early stage companies in LATAM

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Syra Coffee

  • Angel Investor

    2023

    Challenger Coffee Chain in Europe. Good Coffee with Great Baristas.

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Flow48

  • Angel Investor

    2022

    Flow 48 is positioning itself as the most attractive alternative financing partner in the GCC and S.Africa offering the local SME ecosystem a solution to capital access in order to fill the gaps left behind by traditional banking institutions. Raised $69M Series A from Breega, Speedinvest, Daphni, 212, Blockchain Founders Fund, Unpopular Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, TLG, and strategic angels (among them Scott Sandell from NEA)

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Yuno

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⌛🦄 Enabling any company to manage all the payment methods and fraud providers through a single integration across LATAM. Raised $25m Series A round led by DST Global, a16z, Tiger Global, Kaszek, Monashees.

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Inventa

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⏳🦄 B2B Ecommerce and Financial Services digitizing Retail and Industrials in Brazil & LATAM. Raised $55m Series B led by Greylock Partner, Andreesen Horowitz, Monashees, Founders Fund, Tiger Global, NXTP, ONEVC, MAYA, Pear VC Avenir Growth and A* Capital

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Bazaar Technologies

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    ⏳🦄 B2B Ecommerce and Financial Services digitizing Retail and Industrials in Pakistan. Raised $70m Series B co-led by Tiger Global and Dragoneer

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