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Lily Joo

Lily Joo

Early Stage Investor

Berlin, Berlin, GermanyVenture Capital & Private Equity
Company
VentureFriends
Title
Venture Partner
Seniority
Partner
Department
C Suite
Location
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Industry
Venture Capital & Private Equity

About

I am constantly inspired by relentless founders tackling big problems globally. That's why I decided to professionalize my angel investing hustle via 10K Ventures -- investing my own capital and time to high conviction deals supporting founders and fundsInvested alongside Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, a16z, Softbank, Dragoneer, local VCs and angels, and more. 20+ Investments. 6 soonicorns ⏳🦄. 2 Exits 🙌. 4 Early-stage VC funds across Europe/UK, LATAM and Emerging Markets globally.Venture Partner for DACH & S.Europe at VentureFriends.vc -- €100M Pan-European Early Stage Fund.Experienced startup operator, having built, scaled, and exited 2 🦄unicorns across 5 continents.Also, building Refery -- vetted talent platform for VC-backed startups (Sequoia, Founders Fund, a16z, YC). Referral hiring for Seed to Series B in SF & NY.

Experience

Venture Partner

VentureFriends

Present

Founding Partner

10K Ventures · DACH & S.Europe

Present

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

Investor & Board Member

ValerIA · Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area

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Your 24/7 AI-powered HR manager that automates and simplifies workforce management for deskless labor companies. One of the fastest-growing ARR rocket ship - join the team (check out the openings!)

Investor & Board Member

Edgee · Paris / San Francisco

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

Founding Partner

Refery

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Building infrastructure for trusted referrals and vetted startup hiring.

Limited Partner

Newtopia VC · Latin America

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$50 million fund investing early stage companies in LATAM

Angel Investor

Pensero AI · New York / Barcelona

Present

Building... :)

Angel Investor

Syra Coffee · Spain

Present

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

Angel Investor

Flow48 · MENA

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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)

Angel Investor

Yuno · New York City Metropolitan Area

Present

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

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Finance

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