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Simon Kim

Senior New Venture Consultant at Natural History Museum

London, England

Overview 

Simon Kim is a Venture Building professional currently at Imperial College Business School in London, specializing in venture capital and new venture development. With a background that includes roles as a Founding Partner at FAST LP and Founder & CEO at FASTx Inc., Simon has demonstrated expertise in corporate venture capital and digital transformation. Simon Kim's career highlights include founding FASTx Inc. and serving as a Founding Partner at FAST LP, showcasing a strong track record in building successful ventures and expertise in private equity and investment banking.

Work Experience 

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Natural History Museum

  • Senior New Ventures Consultant

    2024 - Current

    Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) to spin out a dual-use venture that developed AirSeq, a rapid DNA airsequencing technology for agnostic microbe and pathogen detection. The technology was developed by the Natural History Museum & Earlham Institute, culminating 10+ years of R&D. The AirSeq technology, a combination of novel molecular biology sequencing methods and bespoke bioinformatics, enables the sequencing of DNA from any organism found in the air. The technology is capable of highly accurate, near real-time identification of bacteria, viruses, fungi, pollen or any other biological material, with a low false positive rate of <1 in 10 million. Use cases are found in food manufacturing & food safety, biosecurity & pandemic readiness, indoor (vertical) farming and clinical health. AirSeq can also assess biodiversity and species richness across different habitats by confirming types and relative abundance, over time. Results can be made available within hours of having taken a DNA sample.

KiBlick UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2022 - 2024

    AI venture with a fully automated forecasting platform for users without technical know-how.

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SCALEHOUSE Capital Management

  • Venture Advisor

    2023 - 2023

    Venture Capital fund for Seed and Series A investments in Germany.

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Alpine Space Ventures

  • Principal

    2021 - 2022

    NewSpace technology VC fund.

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FAST LP

  • Founding Partner

    2014 - 2021

    FAST LP is a technology investment platform.

FAST Venture Builder

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2018 - 2021

    FAST Venture Builder is a technology venture builder platform.

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SparkLabs Connex

  • Mentor

    2020 - 2021

    SparkLabs Connex is a Singapore based IoT, Smart City & Prop Tech ecosystem accelerator.

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Digimaps

  • Mentor

    2019 - 2021

    Digimaps is a cloud-based indoor map data management and collaboration platform.

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FASTx Inc.

  • Founder and CEO

    2017 - 2019

    FASTx is a Tokyo-based technology and innovation hub. It runs quarterly startup competitions, innovation events, design thinking workshops and offers seed funding, mentorship and office space.

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Sun Hung Kai Financial

  • Senior Vice President

    2012 - 2014

    Family office. Private equity and private debt investments.

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