Derek Yoo
G20 Member @ G20 Ventures
Cambridge, United States
Derek Yoo is a pre-seed investor at G20 Ventures in Cambridge focused on Gaming and Software. Derek is co-founder of Thinking Phone Networks and responsible for the strategic vision, development, execution, and ongoing operation of Thinking Phone Networks’ innovative cloud communications ecosystem.Previously, Derek served as product manager at BladeLogic, the industry-leading provider of enterprise data center automation and serverconfiguration management software. At BladeLogic, Derek drove initial conception and specification, development, release, and widespread adoption of BladeLogic’s entire portfolio of enterprise systems management products. Key capabilities of the market-leading BladeLogic Operations Manager platform included a bare metal OS provisioning system, an application provisioning and software distribution system, a server configuration management system, an ad-hoc systems administration platform, and an enterprise reporting system.Prior to BladeLogic, Derek was development and operations manager with WebYes, and later Breakaway Solutions, where he managed hosted applications deployed across 11 data centers on four continents.Derek holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Derek Yoo invests in
Stages Derek Yoo invests in
Countries Derek Yoo invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.1M–$5.5M
- Series A
- $6M–$38M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 3 (25%)
- Software 3 (25%)
- Blockchain 2 (17%)
- Cryptocurrency 2 (17%)
- Financial Services 2 (17%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 4 (33%)
- Seed 3 (25%)
- Series A 3 (25%)
- Private Equity 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 2 (17%)
- Vietnam 1 (8%)
- Australia 1 (8%)
Investments
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Redpill AI
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Redpill's objective is to make the best AI resources accessible to everyone. The platform functions as a permissionless LLM router network, providing seamless integration across several AI models. | $5.5M / Seed / Jul 24, 2024 | |
The Great Escape
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The Great Escape a 2D Play and Earn platform where players must collect as many fruit as possible in a given time in a level full of enemies and traps. | Pre-Seed / Apr 13, 2023 | |
Evrloot
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Evrloot is a dark fantasy role-playing game with equippable RMRK NFTs, gorgeous artwork, and a rich lore. | Pre-Seed / Apr 13, 2023 | |
PrivaDEX
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PrivaDex is a DEX aggregator and dark pool that allows for anonymous trade by exchanging any token on one chain for any token on another. | Pre-Seed / Apr 13, 2023 | |
Cactus Finance
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Cactus Finance provides simple-to-use DeFi vault solutions that provide access to advanced DeFi processes that are often reserved for hedge-fund managers and wealthy investors. | Pre-Seed / Apr 13, 2023 | |
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Redpill AI
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Redpill's objective is to make the best AI resources accessible to everyone. The platform functions as a permissionless LLM router network, providing seamless integration across several AI models. | Seed / Jul 01, 2022 | |
Carbon Biosciences
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Carbon Biosciences develops genetic medicines for the treatment of devastating diseases. They develop their vector using industrial-scale viral production platforms and can be used to deliver a wide-range of therapeutic modalities. | $38M / Series A / Jun 21, 2022 | |
prePO
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prePO is a decentralized trading platform allowing anyone anywhere to speculate on the value of any pre‑IPO company or pre‑token project. | $2.1M / Private Equity / Mar 23, 2022 | |
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prePO
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prePO is a decentralized trading platform allowing anyone anywhere to speculate on the value of any pre‑IPO company or pre‑token project. | $2.1M / Seed / Mar 23, 2022 | |
Bware Labs
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Bware Labs provides an interface between Blockchain APIs consumers and node providers with integrated payment options and verified reliability, all embedded within our platform and protocol service. | $6M / Series A / Feb 23, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About G20 Ventures
G20 Ventures provides early traction capital for East Coast enterprise tech startups, backed by the power and expertise of 20 of the Northeast's most accomplished entrepreneurs.We look for great teams in love with big problems. Our focus is generally on early-stage, East Coast, and enterprise software, especially virtual infrastructure andcloud-based solutions. We prefer technology risk to market risk, and won't generally invest in 100% consumer-facing businesses.We get that great teams are built over time, but typically look for a core team (at least 2 people) that includes a technologist with experience building solutions similar to the one being proposed, and a business person who really understands the buyer and how to reach them. We like to see a product in market, and some early customer validation. Our sweet spot investment is $2-5 million in Series A. We reserve capital for every earlier stage deal we do, meaning we want to be with you all the way.
G20 Ventures Contacts
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Bill Wiberg
Co-Founder and Partner
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Bob Hower
Co-Founder & Partner
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Derek Yoo
G20 Member
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Michael Troiano
Partner
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Andrew Perlman
G20 Member
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FAQ
What does Derek Yoo invest in?
Derek Yoo invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Blockchain startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Derek Yoo's check size?
Derek Yoo typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$5.5M at Seed and $6M–$38M 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 Derek Yoo participates in.
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When did Derek Yoo last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Derek Yoo closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 12 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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