Min Park, formerly managing partner for South Korea-based telecommunications operator SK Telecom’s Silicon Valley corporate venture capital vehicle, SK Telecom Ventures, has set up a VC firm called KRS Ventures.
Park is the founding managing partner of KRS Ventures, which will invest in early and mid-stage startups focused on technologies such as artificial intelligence, data science, mobility, infrastructure, innovative consumer offerings, robotics and automation.
SK Telecom hired Park in 2008 as head of business development. He was promoted to president of regional subsidiary SK Telecom Americas in 2012 and ran the $100m SK Telecom Ventures fund, before leaving in November 2021. His previous roles included stints at Motorola, Samsung and Arthur D Little.
Park was on a number of boards for SK Telecom Ventures portfolio companies including eTopus, EveryScape, N42, Bay Storage Tech, Pavilion Data Systems and Betteroo.
Photo of Min Park courtesy of LinkedIn.
