Eileen Kim

Eileen Kim is one of those lucky people who fell into venture capital by accident. And she immediately took to her current role as the Pre-Seed and Seed Fund program manager for New York Ventures, New York State’s venture capital arm, like a fish to water. Eileen brought with her the knowledge and experience gained from holding three degrees in international careers(economics), arts administration, and fashion design; and decades working in three vastly different careers in the non-profit classical music industry, fashion, and real estate. Venture capital is her fourth career, so she embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and mindset that’s required to start something new from scratch. She has also actually been an entrepreneur, having had her own fashion line for about a second! This first-hand knowledge of the difficulties and sacrifices one makes to start a business has guided her in her desire to help founders as much as possible, in any way she can.