Before becoming a venture investor, Frederick did hands-on lab research in MEMS, microfluidics, and nanotechnology at places like Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, then built weight-optimized Mars rovers on Stanford's team (including an antenna redesign that cut rover weight by 10%) that went on to place in national competitions, and he still hacks development boards and local AI models into his own smart home today. He now organizes the Robot Night on Sand Hill Road events, regularly advises Italian founders at Innovit, and is writing The Founders' Guide to Corporate Venture Capital to help founders understand how corporate VC works.
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LG Technology Ventures
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AI, Biotech, Climate, Materials, Transportation
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LG Technology Ventures runs its investment decisions out of a small team in Silicon Valley, led by CEO Dong-Su Kim, and includes an in-house business development group that connects startups with LG's business units, all backed by several LG affiliates in a dedicated fund of about $780 million. Led by Kim, a physicist and engineer with prior experience at Samsung Ventures, the fund focuses on areas like electrification beyond electric vehicles and enterprise-focused AI and semiconductor infrastructure, and has taken repeated, deeper positions in companies such as Element Energy and WeaveGrid to link them with LG's energy and battery capabilities.
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