# Alex Donghwan Kim

> Alex Donghwan Kim is a Series A investor at Cognitive Ventures backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cognitive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cognitive-ventures-global-investment-fund)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexykim

Alex Donghwan Kim is a Series A investor at Cognitive Ventures focused on Software and Augmented Reality. Alex Kim is currently a co-founder and managing partner at Cognitive Investment, a recently found investing company focused on nurturing startups from early stages to growth captital stages.Prior to Cognitive Investment, Alex was a director at SoftBank Ventures Korea from 2012 to February 2016, which mainly focuses on investments in Asiaincluding Korea. Alex managed and participated in board meetings of portfolio companies in China and Korea, mainly discussing managerial issues, developing post-investment value add strategies, and establishing exit strategies.He has also worked as an executive director at Goldman Sachs, where he managed proprietary portfolio in Korea market with stock, derivatives, and equity long/short. And he began his financial career with IPO and M&A in Shinhan Investment.Alex started his career as a Co-founder of Softweb international Inc., an incorporation of startup company for software development.Alex holds an MBA in Concentrations in Finance from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science in Electric Engineering at Yonsei University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Augmented Reality | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MAXST | MAXST helps millions of developers and organizations build and empower convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality with AR (Augmented Reality), AI (Artificial Intelligence) and computer vision technology. Our products, AR SDK(Software Development Kit), AR Collaboration, AR Guide, are engineered for security, reliability and scalability,running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware.MAXST has partnered with world-leading companies such as HYUNDAI & KIA motor group, SK Telecom, LG Electronics, KT, and NAVER and will continue to endeavor to be the AR market leader. | $3M | Series A | Aug 25, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [InterVest Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intervest-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [L&S Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/l-s-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cognitive Ventures

VC Fund

A venture capital fund investing in disruptive exponential technology companies globally

1 contacts available at Cognitive Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Donghwan Kim | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-donghwan-kim |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Donghwan Kim invest in?

Alex Donghwan Kim invests primarily in Software, Augmented Reality and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Alex Donghwan Kim last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Donghwan Kim closed in Aug 2017. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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