Number of Portfolio Companies 17
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Stage  Seed
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David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business.

After Google,

David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel.

In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC.

David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations).

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Number of Investments 17
David Lee has made 17 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Story Protocol on Sep 6, 2023, when Story Protocol raised
$25M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 6, 2023
Story Protocol
Series A - Story Protocol
$25M
Jul 12, 2021
The Plug Drink
Seed Round - The Plug Drink
$1.5M
Apr 17, 2019
Bolt Labs
Seed Round - Bolt Labs
$1.5M
Mar 4, 2019
Right Rice
Venture Round - Right Rice
$5.5M
Jun 1, 2016
Mediachain
No
Seed Round - Mediachain
$1.5M
Apr 5, 2016
Meadow
No
Seed Round - Meadow
$2.1M
Sep 5, 2015
Klarismo
Seed Round - Klarismo
$245K
Jul 31, 2015
Cofactor Genomics
No
Seed Round - Cofactor Genomics
$2.6M
Jun 23, 2015
Replicated
Seed Round - Replicated
$1.5M
Jan 20, 2014
Korbit
No
Seed Round - Korbit
$400K
Number of Partner Investments 3
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Aug 6, 2021
Hyperithm
Samsung NEXT
No
Series B - Hyperithm
$11M
Oct 1, 2011
Chartboost
XG Ventures
Series A - Chartboost
$2M
Mar 3, 2011
Wish
XG Ventures
No
Angel Round - Wish
$1.7M
Number of Exits 
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David Lee has exits. Their most notable exits are SimpleGeoRight Rice, and Mediachain.
  • SimpleGeo SimpleGeo offers an API that allows developers to build location-aware applications for mobile devices.
  • Right Rice RightRice provides a tasty rice grain that's made from vegetables.
  • Mediachain Mediachain automatically connects media to its creator and information about it.
  • Korbit Korbit provides online bitcoin exchange, wallet, and merchant processor services.
  • Judicata Judicata is a legal technology company providing research and analytics tools to turn unstructured case law into structured data.
  • Domo Domo designs and delivers an executive management platform as a service to help executives manage their business.
  • Chomp Chomp is an application search platform providing information on the functionalities of various applications.
  • Block, Inc. Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) (formerly Square, Inc.) is a technology company with a focus on financial services.
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 12
David Lee is the Chief Corp Development Officer at 451 Media Group. Additionally, David Lee has had 12 past jobs including Advisor at Refactor Capital.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Refactor Capital
Advisor20162018
SVA
Founder & Managing Partner2007May 20, 2015
SK Telecom Ventures
Partner20082015
Kstartup
Co-Founder, PartnerFeb 20122015
Google
Principal, New Business Development20032007
Google
Director, Asia Pacific20002006
Morrison & Foerster
Associate
SVA
Managing Partner
StumbleUpon
Head of Business Development
SkyLake Incuvest
Managing Director / Founding Member
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 3
David Lee holds 6 board and advisor roles including Investor at Heavybit, Advisor at Miso, and Advisor at Wish.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Pipewise
Investor
IDG Capital
Venture Advisor
InstallMonetizer
Advisor
Number of News Articles 318
Funding RoundSep 6, 2023
Story Protocol raised $25,000,000 / Series A from 11:11 Media and 21 other investors
NewsJul 30, 2021
Funding RoundJul 12, 2021
The Plug Drink raised $1,500,000 / Seed from Adriana Arce and 16 other investors
NewsJul 11, 2021
NewsApr 6, 2021