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Donghyun Song

Donghyun Song (송동현) is published in Korea Investment Partners’ current Venture Partners directory as Executive Director. Donghyun began his career as an engineer, working as a researcher at KIST and later as a principal researcher at Samsung Display. With a background in materials science and engineering, he transitioned into venture capital to work more closely with companies that can make a tangible contribution to industry and to participate in their growth over the long term. He focuses on deep tech and materials, parts, and equipment, evaluating companies based on the structural competitiveness of their technologies and their potential impact on industry. Donghyun pays particular attention to teams tackling problems that remain unsolved and to whether their technologies can translate into meaningful value in real industrial applications. Published education: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University. The primary profile’s career/background list names Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Samsung Display; undated entries are not independently verified concurrent appointments. Published areas: IT, MPE, Materials. The role is a scoped firm/regional-platform affiliation; no personal portfolio checks or separate employer at each portfolio company is inferred.