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Soonouk Jung

Soonouk Jung (정순욱) is published in Korea Investment Partners’ current Venture Partners directory as Executive Director. Soonouk brings a multidisciplinary perspective across technology, business, and law, supported by his engineering background and qualification as a patent attorney. Working closely with Korea Investment Partners’ U.S. office, he has been involved in cross-border deal sourcing in Silicon Valley, connecting Korean institutional capital with the global venture ecosystem. This experience has deepened his understanding of technical barriers to entry and structural competitive advantages, while strengthening his interest in the commercialization of emerging technologies. Soonouk evaluates investment opportunities based on technical barriers to entry, structural competitive advantages, global scalability, and the domain expertise and execution capabilities of founders. Rather than following market trends, he focuses on a more fundamental question: "Why this team, with this technology architecture, can build a lasting advantage in this market at this point in time" Published education: B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University M.S., Management, KAIST LL.M., Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. The primary profile’s career/background list names Industrial Bank of Korea / Patent Attorney, Jungang Law Firm, Melfas; undated entries are not independently verified concurrent appointments. Published areas: AI, Healthcare, IT Service. The role is a scoped firm/regional-platform affiliation; no personal portfolio checks or separate employer at each portfolio company is inferred.