# David Lee

> David Lee is a seed investor at 451 Media Group (Palo Alto) backing Software and FinTech. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [451 Media Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/451-media-group)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidleexg/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/davidlee
- Website: http://daslee.me/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/daslee

David Lee is a seed investor at 451 Media Group in Palo Alto focused on Software and FinTech. David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google,David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC.David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations).BloombergBusinessweek “Google’s Real Power” flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/2UEQAujDecoding Silicon Valley: goo.gl/ZFAefzTechcrunch: goo.gl/9q9chzTop Angel Investors: goo.gl/4eqfbm“New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent” goo.gl/ZwFCu6"[슈퍼리치]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈퍼리치" goo.gl/WBQOf0“스타트업 눈앞 이익만..." goo.gl/KB78mCSina News: bit.ly/2QaCqAc

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $245k–$2.4M |
| Angel | $1.7M–$10M |
| Series A | $2M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 22% |
| FinTech | 3 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 13% |
| Health Care | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 43% |
| Series A | 7 | 30% |
| Angel | 3 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 78% |
| Japan | 1 | 4% |
| South Korea | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Data Foundation | Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos | $25M | Series A | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Hyperithm | Hyperithm is a leading digital asset financial service provider headquartered in Tokyo and Seoul, with strong backing from renowned investors including Coinbase, Samsung, Kakao and Hashed.Our crypto asset management arm specializes in algorithm/HFT-based, market neutral strategies for institutions and HNWIs. Furthermore, we offer afull-suite of crypto prime brokerage services as a fully regulated VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider). As an evangelist of the Web3 space, we also support rising teams through venture investment. We have been actively investing in L1/L2s, dApps, gaming projects, and asset managers that are contributing to the growth of the Web3 ecosystem.Hyperithm was co-founded by an ex-Morgan Stanley investment banker and a serial entrepreneur listed in Forbes 30 Under 30. We continue to attract top-notch young talent as our development team consists of Presidential Scholars, and International Science Olympiad medalists.Our team consists of seasoned professionals, including ex-investment bankers, world-class engineers, and International Science Olympiad medalists. We specialize in automated trading and risk management, using innovative algorithms built with Rust.By leveraging our expertise and cutting-edge technology, we are building a digital asset gateway for institutions. As an evangelist of the Web3 space, we also support rising teams through venture investment. | $11M | Series B | Aug 06, 2021 |  |
| The Plug Drink | The Plug Drink is a plant-based functional drink with liver-aiding ingredients designed to support the body’s metabolism. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 12, 2021 |  |
| Bolt Labs | Our mission at Bolt Labs is to build a usable, secure, and scalable infrastructure to enable everyone to securely store their assets while preserving the privacy of their transactions. Bolt’s secure computation solutions (or MPC) allow you to protect your user’s assets while providing confidentiality, ensuring integrity, and preventing misuse ortheft. A technology that is fast becoming the standard for digital asset security, MPC enables these benefits by federating trust across multiple parties and allowing evaluation of functions without decrypting private inputs. Bolt is also developing the zkChannels L2 protocol - a scalable and usable privacy-preserving payment infrastructure that integrates with existing payment networks, including but not limited to public blockchains. We believe zkChannels will set a new standard for secure payments in online services, giving merchants a seamless way to comply with emerging privacy regulations and delight their customers with cryptographically rigorous respect for their privacy.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 17, 2019 |  |
| Right Rice | RightRice is a tasty new rice grain that's made from vegetables. It's what they all love about rice, but made even right-er. RightRice is a complete, plant-based protein that's delicious, nutritious, and easy to cook. Every bowl of RightRice has more than double the protein, five times the fiber, and almost 40 percent fewer net carbsthan a bowl of white rice. Just like rice, RightRice soaks up your favorite flavors and sauces. Original RightRice is ready to season your own way, or you can try one of their delicious, already seasoned varieties like Lemon Pepper, Spanish or Garlic Herb—all using real herbs and spices, nothing artificial, non-GMO, vegan, and a complete source of protein, all with a low glycemic index. | $5.5M |  | Mar 04, 2019 |  |
| Mediachain | Mediachain automatically connects media to its creator and information about it, and is a protocol for registering, identifying, and tracking creative works online. It automatically resolves media to who made it, what its about, and where it originated using content indentification technologyMediachain also lets creators, organizations, anddevelopers collaborate on metadata in an open, universal media library and allows participants to retain control over their data while broadening their reach using a decentralized architecture | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 01, 2016 |  |
| Meadow | Meadow is an all-in-one solution with a fully connected suite of specialized front and back-of-house software powering modern dispensaries. With POS, online ordering, express pick-up and contactless delivery in one secure platform, our complete solution streamlines omni-channel sales, while SMS & MMS marketing, loyalty and rewards help you stayconnected to customers and grow your business. Integrated into all Meadow systems are compliant workflows and safeguards critical to operating in compliance with California's local and state regulations; review your business health with our smarter inventory management, reporting, analytics tools. Through a deep understanding of both our partners’ businesses and needs, as well as the emerging and evolving regulations, we continue to build the most comprehensive cannabis retail platform designed to bring efficiency, growth, and compliance to the legal industry. | $2.1M | Seed | Apr 05, 2016 |  |
| Klarismo | Klarismo offers health conscious consumers and amateur athletes a new way to explore their physiology and understand their body composition in unprecedented detail.Their software converts a user’s full body magnetic resonance scan (MRI) into a 3D virtual model of their body in the cloud. The model is annotated with explanatory information so theycan easily explore and learn about different parts of their body.They provide users with a detailed analysis of their body composition, including accurate volumetric measurements of muscle and fat tissues. These show how well different muscle groups are developed and the distribution of subcutaneous and visceral fat deposits.MRI is a safe technology, and with regular scanning Klarismo updates a user’s 3D body model to highlight exactly where and how much muscle or fat has been gained or lost. This can be used to monitor the effectiveness of their training or diet programme and help them focus their efforts accordingly. | $245K | Seed | Sep 05, 2015 |  |
| Cofactor Genomics | Cofactor Genomics is a company focused on predictive immune modeling. They aim to advance precision medicine by overcoming existing barriers. Cofactor facilitates the shift from single-analyte biomarkers to more comprehensive multidimensional biomarkers using health expression models. Their capabilities include molecular, informatic, and databasetools, with one of the first CAP-certified clinical RNA sequencing laboratories. This certification helps their partners conduct clinical trials more efficiently and cost-effectively. Their expertise in molecular biology, informatics, and database management enables them to provide high-quality services to the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, contributing to medical research and improving patient outcomes. | $2.6M | Seed | Jul 31, 2015 |  |
| Replicated | Replicated is the modern way to ship multi-prem software. Replicated gives software vendors the tooling needed to deliver and manage cloud native applications inside customers'​ environments to provide greater security and control. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 23, 2015 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-ga) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hashed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashed-f96b) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 451 Media Group

VC Fund · New York, United States

451 Media Group is a technology-focused intellectual property (IP) development & entertainment company. We work with highly accomplished talent and cutting edge technology to build, produce and own a portfolio of exclusive brands, merchandisable & licensable characters, and technology patents to exploit across all media platforms worldwide.451 Media Group was co-founded by Michael Bay, Anthony Gentile, John Gentile and Douglas Nunes.

5 contacts available at 451 Media Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Lee | Chief Corp Development Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-lee-11 |
| David Lee | Chief Corp Development Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-lee |
| Joe Grano | Director, New Business Development / Creative Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-grano |
| John Gentile | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-gentile |
| Roy Kim | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roy-kim-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does David Lee invest in?

David Lee invests primarily in Software, FinTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is David Lee's check size?

David Lee typically joins rounds of $245k–$2.4M at Seed, $1.7M–$10M at Angel and $2M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds David Lee participates in.

### When did David Lee last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Lee closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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