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Michael Kim is the Founder and serves as a Managing Partner at Cendana Capital. His investment thesis focuses on smaller funds outperforming, particularly at the seed stage. Cendana Capital invests in very early stage venture capital funds globally, with a strong emphasis on software, information technology, SaaS, enterprise software, and artificial intelligence. The stage of investment includes Early Stage Venture and Seed. Geographically, Cendana Capital does not have specific preferences. Some of his previous investments include Silicon Valley Data Science, InSync Software, and TwoFish. Michael Kim’s professional career includes being the Managing Partner/Founder at Cendana Capital. The investment check size at Cendana Capital ranges from very early stage to seed investments. Regarding partnership and collaboration styles, Michael Kim emphasizes the value of partnerships in scaling innovative technology firms and acknowledges the challenges faced by seed funds in overfunded startups.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: Korea, Republic of
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
Website: about.me/michael.kim
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Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: I found evidence of public activity and announcements from Michael Kim / Cendana Capital within the last 6 months – notably March 18, 2025 TechCrunch item referencing Michael Kim and a May 22, 2025 podcast appearance discussing portfolio construction. These indicate recent investment activity; the startup/fund referenced in reporting includes TechCrunch coverage of Cendana buying stakes in seed VC funds and mentions portfolio liquidity and investments relating to seed funds. The most recent known activity is May 22, 2025, which is within 6 months from the reference date, so classify as very-active.
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