Translink Capital USA-based venture capital partners | Translink Capital | Icebreaker

Translink Capital USA-based venture capital partners | Translink Capital | Icebreaker

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I’m an investor at Translink Capital focused on AI/ML startups. I also write frequently about trends I see in AI, technology, and business. Please follow me on my Substack (https://kelvinmu.substack.com/) if you enjoy my content. Translink Capital is a venture capital firm based out of Palo Alto backed by leading Asian multinationals. We are actively deploying capital ($1-10MM check sizes) in Seed to Series B companies. For more information, please visit www.translinkcapital.com

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Jay is the Founding Managing Partner of GFT Ventures, Global Frontier Technology Ventures. GFT Ventures invests in category leading early-stage startups in the US and Israel focused on AI, data science, and other frontier technologies. Prior to GFT Ventures, Jay co-founded TransLink Capital, a Palo Alto based early stage venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs developing customer connections and partnerships in Asia. Jay was responsible for leading investments in Carbonite (NASDAQ: CARB), Chartboost (acq'd by Zynga), Coin (acq'd by Fitbit), CoolerScreens, Enterprise DB (acq'd by Peak Equity), Epic (acq'd by Byju's), Forte, Klaytn, nWay (acq'd by Animoca), Penrose, Provenance, Quantstamp, Rally, SoundHound (NASDAQ: SOUN), Singular, Terra and YuMe (NYSE: YUME). Previously, Jay was Founding Managing Director of Samsung Ventures where he established and led the US venture capital operations for Samsung, responsible for U.S. based investments and portfolio management. Jay started his venture capital career at the Silicon Valley office of Vertex Management, the Singapore based venture capital arm of investment firm Temasek Holdings. Jay is also an active angel investor and advisor to several start-ups including Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), KiwiCo, Korbit (acq'd by Nexon), Korea Credit Data, Merit, Noom, SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) and Tapas (acq'd by Kakao). Jay received an MBA from Stanford University and M.S/B.S. in Chemistry from Seoul National University. Jay serves as Chairman and Board Director of the Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) on the National Advisory Council of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM).

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Co-Founder at Lydia Labs

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MBA Candidate at MIT Sloan

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Chief Financial Officer @ FitXR