Donghyun Kim, PhD in

Donghyun Kim, PhD

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이사 at 헬리오스프라이빗에쿼티
📍 Seoul, South Korea

Donghyun Kim is a Director at Helios Private Equity & Ventures, leveraging his Ph. D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Yonsei University. His career combines deep technical expertise from his time as a Staff Engineer at Samsung Electronics with his current focus on venture capital and investment.

His background includes developing advanced image enhancement and saliency detection technologies using deep learning. He has authored several publications and holds patents related to image processing and scene analysis, showcasing his innovative contributions to the field.

He holds a patent for an AI system that automatically determines the best way to crop and position a photo within a layout to preserve the most important content.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
이사
Location
Seoul, South Korea
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Venture Capital
As a Director at Helios Private Equity & Ventures and a former Investment Director at Samsung Venture Investment, he is deeply involved in the investment and funding lifecycle.
Deep Tech Investing
[Predicted] His Ph. D. and background in deep learning at Samsung, combined with his current VC role, suggests a strong interest in investing in complex technology startups.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
이사
헬리오스프라이빗에쿼티
8-2023 - 12-2025
Investment Director
Samsung Venture Investment
1-2021 - 5-2023
Senior Research Engineer
LG Display
2-2016 - 12-2020
Staff Engineer
Samsung Electronics
3-2015 - 1-2016
Visiting Researcher
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
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Education
2009 - 2016
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Yonsei University
2004 - 2009
Bachelor's degree
Yonsei University
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