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Kihong Bae

Managing Partner, Strong Ventures

About

Kihong Bae is a former founder turned VC at Strong Ventures who splits his time between Seoul and Los Angeles to help Korean entrepreneurs expand globally, drawing from his experience building Musicshake, an early user-generated music platform. He's also a bestselling author of startup guides for Korean founders and maintains his personal mantra of Steadiness is Greatness, focusing on founders' character and execution over grand rhetoric. Kihong Bae is a former founder turned VC at Strong Ventures who splits his time between Seoul and Los Angeles to help Korean entrepreneurs expand globally, drawing from his experience building Musicshake, an early user-generated music platform. He's also a bestselling author of startup guides for Korean founders and maintains his personal mantra of Steadiness is Greatness, focusing on founders' character and execution over grand rhetoric.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Generalist
Consumer
CPG / D2C
Media
Space

Investment details

Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Asia-Pacific