David Joo

Co-Founder

New York, New York, United States · 1 connection

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About

Company builder, investor, mentor, and advisor for startups focused on positive societal impact. Advisor to GoStudent, KidzToPros, Stronger Brains, Nao Now and others, helping the broader ecosystem of edtech and other companies that are working to do good in our world! Former Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Knowre, an education technology company with offices in New York, Seattle and Seoul. Founded in 2012, grew and sold business in 2018 to publicly listed company. Raised equity funding via Series A, B, and B-1 financing rounds, along with post-acquisition financing. Previous experience includes investment banking (capital markets, leveraged finance, and M&A), public markets investing (Capital Structure Arbitrage and HY & Distressed Debt).

Experience

Co-Founderneuroaide
Jan 2024

AdvisorMEDIJobs Romania
Sep 2024

Board MemberKSE - Korean Startups & Entrepreneurs
May 2024

MemberPEF Community
Oct 2023

AdvisorFinhabits
Mar 2023

Reach RoadrunnerReach Capital
Jul 2022

AdvisorStronger Brains Inc.
Jun 2022

AdvisorNao Now
May 2022

AdvisorGoStudent
Apr 2021

Entrepreneur-In-ResidenceMorgan Stanley
Aug 2021 to Mar 2025

Interim CFO and AdvisorBrains & Motion Education
Aug 2021 to Aug 2022

Co-CEO & Co-FounderKnowre
Mar 2012 to Mar 2021

Vice PresidentNomura
Feb 2011 to Mar 2012

Vice PresidentGoldman Sachs
Mar 2009 to Dec 2011

Senior AssociateCredit Suisse
Jun 2007 to Dec 2008

Vice President and Business ManagerABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Mar 2003 to Jun 2007

Education

Carleton College
Bachelor's degree Biology General
1996 to 2000