# Yong Hyun Kim

> Yong Hyun Kim is a Series A investor at Envisioning Partners backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Envisioning Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/envisioning-partners)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yong-hyun-kim-a992b51/
- Website: https://milkeninstitute-org.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/milkeninstitute.org/events/global-conference-2019/speakers/yong-hyun-kim

Yong Hyun Kim is a Series A investor at Envisioning Partners in Seoul focused on Manufacturing and Energy. Kim Yong Hyun is the CEO and managing partner of Envisioning Partners, an impact investing venture capital. He was the former CEO of Hanwha Asset Management, Korea’s 3rd largest asset management company with $90bn+ AUM.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Events | 1 | 17% |
| Mining | 1 | 17% |
| Chemical | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |
| South Korea | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phoenix Tailings | Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $30.2M | Series B | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Phoenix Tailings | Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $33M | Series B | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Phoenix Tailings | Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $43M | Series B | Dec 20, 2024 |  |
| Dimensional Energy | Dimensional Energy has created and licenses a platform technology that converts carbon emissions into high-performance hydrocarbons that readily replace fossil fuels in thousands of products and deliver more than 90% carbon intensity (CI) reductions. Our goal is to unlock use of renewable carbon for the evolving energy transition with full-stacktechnology and service offerings that support successful synthetic hydrocarbon production. Dimensional Energy addresses the need for cost-effective and replicable carbon-utilization technology attuned to specific site opportunities and constraints. With two operating facilities, tens of thousands of hours of operating history, and our first commercial sales complete, we are building a pipeline of financially viable projects leveraging waste CO2 | $20M | Series A | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| Naamezip | Naamwzip is a conversation community that hosts meetings and events to connect people. | $851.2K | Seed | Sep 23, 2021 |  |
| Grab | Grab operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for driver-partners and customers in South East Asia. It offers services like GrabTaxi, GrabCar, GrabHitch, GrabShare, GrabCoach, GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus, GrabFamily, JustGrab, GrabNow, and GrabRental. Grab offers services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines,Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng founded it in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore. It has additional offices in Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta, and Vietnam. |  | Series A | Jan 13, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MPower Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mpower-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Builders Vision](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builders-vision) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Escape Velocity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/escape-velocity-1a89) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Presidio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presidio-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Yamaha Motor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yamaha-motor-ventures-laboratory-silicon-valley) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aether VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aether-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Envisioning Partners

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

Envisioning Partners is the largest impact investing venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, with 100% of its portfolio dedicated to impact.

3 contacts available at Envisioning Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hyunjoo Je | CEO / Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyunjoo-je |
| June Cha | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/june-cha |
| Yong Hyun Kim | CEO / Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kim-yong-hyun-4b9c |

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## FAQ

### What does Yong Hyun Kim invest in?

Yong Hyun Kim invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and Events startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Yong Hyun Kim last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yong Hyun Kim closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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