Jay H. Eum is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital, a Palo Alto-based early-stage venture firm. See sector focus and contact routes.
Jay H. Eum is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital, a Palo Alto-based early-stage venture firm, after previously serving as head of Samsung Ventures America and working at McKinsey and Goldman Sachs. His investment thesis focuses on early-stage U.S. startups in AI, AR/VR, blockchain, cloud, and consumer technologies that seek customer connections and partnerships in Asia. TransLink typically takes stakes in companies eager to expand across the Pacific, leveraging an “Asian perspective for investing” through offices in Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo. Notable portfolio companies under his responsibility include Carbonite (NASDAQ: CARB), SoundHound, ChartBoost, Enterprise DB, Livescribe, and YuMe. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed, Eum supports portfolio companies with customers and partners primarily in Korea. He serves as Chairman of the Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) and is an active angel investor, though no distinctive public writing or unique point of view beyond the firm’s Asia-focused strategy is documented in available sources.
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