SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Jay H. Eum, Co-Founder and Managing Director, TransLink Capital Focus: Mobile, Communications and Digital Media September 1, 2011

SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Jay H. Eum, Co-Founder and Managing Director, TransLink Capital Focus: Mobile, Communications and Digital Media

Start: 09/01/2011 - 8:00 am
End: 09/01/2011- 9:30 am

Contact Info:
Jai Kumar Email: jai@vigyana.com
Cell: 408-406-4693

Location:
Greenberg Traurig LLP
1900 University Avenue, 5th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94303

URL:-www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-jay-h-eum-co-founder-and-managing-director-translink-capital-focus-mobile-c

Translink Capital, www.transLinkcapital.com
Translink Capital is a U.S. based venture capital firm focused on investments in early to expansion stage startup companies in Mobile, Communications and Digital Media sectors.

While most of the market leading customers and partners for these three sectors are located in Japan, Korea, and Greater China, most start-ups lack the resources to develop their business in these countries. At TransLink Capital, each of our Managing Directors is committed to providing hands-on business development support in the Far East to our portfolio companies. This creates value not only for the start-ups but also for companies in these three countries that are eager to discover the most cutting-edge technology in the world.

Managing Directors at TransLink Capital are truly “native” in both the U.S. and their countries of origin, Japan, Korea, and Greater China, and have extensive experience in both venture capital and business development in these three countries. This unique collection of talent enables us to "translate" market and cultural differences and "link" U.S.-based start-ups to partners and customers in the Far East, delivering superior financial and strategic returns to our investors.

Jay H. Eum, Co-Founder and Managing Director, TransLink CapitalJay H. Eum is a co-founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital. Jay is responsible for TransLink's investments in Carbonite (NASDAQ: CARB), Enterprise DB, Livescribe, SoundHound, and Tango as well as supporting TransLink's portfolio companies with their customers and partners primarily in Korea. Most recently, Jay was the head of Samsung Ventures America. He was responsible for starting up the U.S. operations for Samsung Venture Investment Corp., the venture investment arm of Samsung, and leading their U.S.-based investments and portfolio management. Under Jay's leadership, Samsung Ventures America grew to a team of five investment professionals and invested over US$80M in 27 U.S.-based start-up companies. Jay directly led several successful Samsung Ventures' investments including AnalogTech (NASDAQ: AATI), Athena Semiconductor (acquired by Broadcom), Continuous Computing (acquired by RadiSys), DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX), InPhi (NASDAQ: IPHI), Intellon (NASDAQ: ITLN), MontaVista (acquired by Cavium), Pure Digital (acquired by Cisco), Sandbridge (acquired by Qualcomm), Techwell (NASDAQ: TWLL) and Teknovus (acquired by Broadcom). Jay also led investments in GCT Semiconductor, Intematix, and SiBeam. Prior to joining Samsung, Jay was an investment officer with the Silicon Valley office of Vertex Management, a global VC firm headquartered in Singapore. At Vertex, Jay focused on investments in communications, mobile, and Internet including GRIC Communications (NASDAQ: GRIC). He also represented Vertex at several portfolio companies including PayPal (acquired by eBay), Mobile 365 (acquired by Sybase), Aicent, and R2 Technology. Before Vertex, Jay was Senior Director of business development at Dialpad Communications (acquired by Yahoo), where he closed strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Cisco, and Earthlink. Jay also worked as an Associate at McKinsey in Palo Alto, New York, Beijing, and Seoul and at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. Jay received his MBA degree from Stanford University and an M.S. in Biochemistry and B.S. in Chemistry from Seoul National University.

When: Thursday, September 1, 2011
8 – 9:30 AM

Location: Greenberg Traurig LLP, 1900 University Avenue, 5th Floor, East Palo Alto, CA 94303

Pre-Registered Rates:
Members - $25; Affiliates who advertise this event - $39; General Public - $49.

This event is intended for entrepreneurs seeking feedback on their startup ideas and funding strategies. Please do not register if you do not fit this profile.

This event is co-sponsored by Greenberg Traurig LLP, www.gtlaw.com.

Official Website: http://www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-jay-h-eum-co-founder-and-managing-director-translink-capital-focus-mobile-c