# John Kim

> John Kim is a seed investor at Sendbird backing Software and Information Technology. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sendbird](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sendbird)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doshkim
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/doshkim
- Website: http://doshkim.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doshkim

John Kim is a seed investor at Sendbird in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. John Kim is based out of San Mateo, California, United States and is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sendbird and also Board Member of Twelve Labs. John previously worked at Gree as a Director (Business Development). John Kim attended Seoul National University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 31% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 25% |
| SaaS | 3 | 19% |
| FinTech | 3 | 19% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 56% |
| Angel | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 69% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 6% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DocentPro | Connect 2 million travel creators with 1.3 billion travelers through an AI-powered travel companion, setting the goal to become the #1 in-destination travel app. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 14, 2024 |  |
| SimplyPut | Trusted AI data conversations, reports, and insights. Get instant business answers and data analytics wherever work is happening. With SimplyPut, everyone has an AI analyst by their side. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. |  | Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Hubble Network | a Satellite network connecting billions of bluetooth devices. GLOBALLY. | $20M | Series A | May 29, 2023 |  |
| Syncly | Syncly is an AI-assisted CX management tool that allows for a continuous user feedback loop from data collection to customer announcement in order to boost user engagement and retention. | $2.6M | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Openlayer | Openlayer is helping ML teams build the future of reliable, performant, and ethical machine learning. | $4.8M | Seed | May 04, 2023 |  |
| Yess | Yess is an all-in-one operating system for freelancers and agencies to automate business and financial operations. | $2M | Seed | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Mindset Health | Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy. | $12M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Devyce | Devyce creates a VoIP operating system that offers communication system with flexibility, scalability, and dependability. The company was founded by Leo Bartle, Nicholas Browne, and Edward Clayton in 2020 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. | $4.2M | Seed | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| Fuelfinance | We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automations. You get P&L, CF, Financial Projections , Plan/Fact , Unit Economics, and finally, peace of mind. All in familiar to you Google Spreadsheets. Forget about months of integrations and insane setup costs. Starting from $999/month. | $1M | Seed | Jan 13, 2023 |  |
| Fuelfinance | We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automations. You get P&L, CF, Financial Projections , Plan/Fact , Unit Economics, and finally, peace of mind. All in familiar to you Google Spreadsheets. Forget about months of integrations and insane setup costs. Starting from $999/month. |  | Seed | Jan 13, 2023 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BADideas.fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/badideas-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Banana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banana-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prtcl) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Sendbird

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

Sendbird is the omnichannel AI agent platform enterprises choose to elevate customer experience, by initiating autonomous support & sales conversations, keeping humans in the loop for complex inquiries, and re-engaging customers with proactive business messages. Combining omnichannel AI and a battle-tested, award-winning communication APIs,Sendbird enables businesses to build AI agents and meaningful customer connections at scale. Trusted by 4,000+ leading apps—including DoorDash, Match Group, Noom, and Yahoo Sports—Sendbird powers over 7 billion conversations every month, offering exceptional reliability, security, and compliance that meet enterprise-level demands.Headquartered in California, Sendbird is backed by ICONIQ, SoftBank, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, and other reputable investors.

5 contacts available at Sendbird.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brandon Y Jeon | Co-Founder & Head of Trust and Safety | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-y-jeon |
| Caitlin Davis | Vice President, People and Culture | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caitlin-davis-cb99 |
| Forest Lee | Co-founder & Head of Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forest-lee |
| Jay Yun | VP of Engineering - Applications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-yun |
| Jeongjin Ku | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeongjin-ku |

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## FAQ

### What does John Kim invest in?

John Kim invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 16 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 John Kim's check size?

John Kim typically joins rounds of $1M–$7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds John Kim participates in.

### When did John Kim last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Kim closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 16 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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