Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$15,000,000.00Target Investment:
$5,000,000.00
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Investments
Work Experience
2025
Co-Founder and General Partner
2025
Coreline Ventures is an early-stage VC firm investing in exceptional companies across the U.S., Japan, and Korea. Combining the resources of a global platform with the personal touch of a boutique investor, our founding team has over a decade of collaboration and has backed breakout companies such as Brigit (acquired by UPBD), CADDi, Craftbank, Enechain, EvenUp, Freee (4478.T), Kakao (KRX: 035720), Linc’well, Playground, Sansan (4443.T), and Weekend Health (acquired by WW). We focus on a small number of high-conviction investments in B2B software, vertical AI, fintech, and consumer applications, enabling us to be deeply involved, long-term partners. If you share our vision for building category-defining companies, visit us at coreline.vc to connect.
2024 - 2024
Board Member, Series A Investor
2024 - 2024
Software for early child care businesses. Led Series A.
2023 - 2024
Board Observer and Seed Investor
2023 - 2024
AI visual storytelling platform. Led seed.
2021 - 2024
Seed Investor
2021 - 2024
Helping the world's best gamers monetize their talent. Led the seed.
2020 - 2024
Board Observer and Seed Investor
2020 - 2024
AI for Personal Injury attorneys. Led the seed.
2019 - 2024
Board Director, Series A Investor
2019 - 2024
Computer vision enabled at-home fitness platform. Led the Series A.
2018 - 2024
Board Observer and Seed Investor
2018 - 2024
Financial wellness platform for the underbanked. Led the seed. Acq. by Upbound Group (NASDAQ: UPBD)
2014 - 2024
Partner
2014 - 2024
DCM is a top-performing, early-stage focused global VC firm with $4B+ AUM and a 24-year track record. DCM has invested in 400+ technology companies across 14 funds with a total enterprise value exceeding $200BN.
2022 - 2023
Board Director, Founding Investor
2022 - 2023
Healthcare on your own terms - starting with weight loss. Incubated company. Acquired by WW International (NASDAQ: WW)
2020 - 2023
Advisor - Gold Rush
2020 - 2023
Gold Rush is an accelerator built for and by Asian founders to overcome societal stereotypes, thrive more rapidly, and break the bamboo ceiling by creating and empowering more C-Suite Asian leaders. Gold Rush selects two cohorts of Asian-led companies per year that participate in a 12-week program. The accelerator is a venture of Gold House, the largest nonprofit collective of Asian leaders dedicated to forging stronger bonds that enable more authentic, successful, and longer lives. Learn more on goldhouse.org/goldrush.