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Daegwon Chae

Partner atBondFirm active Oct 13California
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Daegwon Chae is a Partner at Bond and a board member at several companies. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins and Goldman Sachs.

What Daegwon can write

Writes checks of$30M and up
Comes in atNot reportedLead preference not reported
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Bond writes $30M and up checks, larger than 99% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Goldman Sachs · Special Situations Group
  2. Kleiner Perkins · Principal
  3. Bond · Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

AsaasComulateFlinkHalterinDriveKavakOpenAIRevolutTossVast DataWizYassir

Focus

global technologylarge industries

Also at Bond

Alexander KreyPartner
Cameron DeatschPartner
Jay SimonsPartner
Mary MeekerPartner
Mood RowghaniPartner
Noah KnaufPartner
Paul VronskyPartner

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Questions

Who is Daegwon Chae?

Daegwon Chae is a Partner at Bond and a board member at several companies. He previously worked at Kleiner Perkins and Goldman Sachs.

How much does Daegwon Chae invest?

Daegwon Chae invests through Bond, which writes checks of $30M and up.

How do I pitch Daegwon Chae?

A warm intro from a founder Bond backed works best.

What did Daegwon Chae do before Bond?

Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs; Principal at Kleiner Perkins.

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