| Cornell University, Bachelors | 1997 |
| Marketing & Entrepreneurship | |
| Columbia Business School, MBA with Honors | 2003 |
| Finance and Management |
Stephano Kim is a New York-based entrepreneur and angel investor. Stephano currently serves as president of GraphEffect, a social media marketing platform. Stephano was previously the president and COO of [x+1], an integrated digital marketing and data analytics platform. Stephano has also led investments in consumer technology and digital media for Advanced Technology Ventures, directed business development and strategy for AOL, and co-founded several start-ups including Blackboard, the leading provider of e-learning enterprise software and services.
He is an advisor to [x+1] and The Echo System, serves as board director at LifeCrowd, and is an angel investor in Tangoe, WeddingWire, DramaFever, ZocDoc, and Shareaholic.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Chromatik | 11/12 | Seed | $2M | 12 |
| Shareaholic | 11/11 | Seed | $2.1M | 10 |