Fortitude Ventures was founded by Sung Cho, who built a career bridging Korean and U.S. tech—including work on Samsung smartphone processors and a role as executive staffer to Samsung chairman Jay Y. Lee—before launching venture funds backed by major Asian business families who help shape investment ideas and later support portfolio companies expanding globally; this shapes a philosophy of investing for very large outcomes rather than downside protection, a focus on autonomy through both AI and robotics led by founders who have lived the workflows they're solving, and a belief that hard, technically difficult hardware can itself become a company's edge. The fund also views U.S. reindustrialization as a messy transition where allies like Korea, Japan, and Taiwan will serve as bridge manufacturing partners, and it aims to build one of the few Silicon Valley venture platforms created by and for Asian, especially Korean, communities.