# John Kim

> John Kim is a seed investor at PayPal (Austin) backing Artificial Intelligence and Travel. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PayPal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paypal)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnckim/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jkimla
- Website: https://x.com/jkimla

John Kim is a seed investor at PayPal in Austin focused on Artificial Intelligence and Travel. John Kim is the Chief Product Officer of PayPal. He previously worked at Owlet Baby Care as a Member Board Of Directors. John Kim attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 43% |
| Travel | 2 | 29% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Otto | Otto is a startup developing an intelligent and autonomous AI travel adviser for business travelers. | $6M | Seed | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Otto | Otto is a travel tech company that uses AI to plan, book and execute business trips. | $6M | Seed | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Not Diamond | Not Diamond focuses on optimizing the use of various AI models based on their strengths and capabilities. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| Not Diamond | Not Diamond focuses on optimizing the use of various AI models based on their strengths and capabilities. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| Fêtefully | Fêtefully is an online platform integrating human talent and AI-driven functions to provide couples with affordable and personalized wedding & event planning services. Couples save money on professional planning, while planners make money in their spare time. | $1.3M | Seed | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Fêtefully | Fêtefully is an online platform integrating human talent and AI-driven functions to provide couples with affordable and personalized wedding & event planning services. Couples save money on professional planning, while planners make money in their spare time. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| ALICE | ALICE is a hotel operations platform that empowers operational excellence and meaningful guest experiences. By bringing all hotel departments together with a single operations platform for internal communication and task management, ALICE helps hotel staff act as a team to provide consistently excellent service.Founded in 2013, ALICE is based inNew York. | $9.5M | Series A | Jan 19, 2016 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Couchsurfing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/couchsurfing-international) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Direct Travel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/direct-travel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gurtin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gurtin-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Madrona Venture Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About PayPal

VC Fund · San Jose, United States

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 market to join and thrive in the global economy.

5 contacts available at PayPal.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alfonso Villanueva | SVP Strategy, M&A, Ventures, CEO Office | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfonso-villanueva |
| Bill Crowley | Senior Director of Product, Commerce Services & Payouts | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-crowley |
| chaloem khompitoon | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-chriss |
| John Kim | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-kim-80e0 |
| Louise Pentland | EVP Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louise-pentland |

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## FAQ

### What does John Kim invest in?

John Kim invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Travel and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Kim last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Kim closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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