​Event Description

​Close out the year with valuable knowledge courtesy of our featured speaker and special guest, Michael Kim, the Founder of Cendana Capital. At our upcoming Lunch & Learn event, "The State of Seed," Michael will be sharing his insights on the current state of seed-stage fundraising.

​An investor in very early-stage VC funds globally, Michael and the entire Cendana Capital team have a unique and powerful perspective. We hope you can join us for this very special event!

​This event is on Thursday, December 14 from 12:00p PM to 1:00p PT. So, grab your lunch, get comfy, and join us for this exciting session as we move towards the end of the year. We're keeping it casual and informative, so feel free to bring your questions and curiosity. See you on Zoom!

​More About Michael & Cendana Capital

​Michael Kim is the Founder of Cendana Capital, a next generation fund-of-funds investing in private equity. Michael is a member of the LP Advisory Boards of Accelerator Ventures, Bowery Capital, Engineering Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Founder Collective, Freestyle Capital, IA Ventures, K9 Ventures, Lerer Ventures, MHS Capital, PivotNorth Capital, and SoftTechVC. Prior to the founding of Cendana Capital, Michael was one of the original partners of Rustic Canyon Partners, a venture capital firm with approximately $1 billion under management.

​In March 2004, Michael was appointed by the Mayor of San Francisco to a 5-year term as a Trustee of the San Francisco Employee Retirement System, a $15 billion pension fund, and served as the President of the board and the Chairman of the Investment Committee.

​Formerly an investment banker, Michael was with Morgan Stanley's Technology Mergers and Acquisitions Group in Menlo Park. Michael was directly involved with 27 announced transactions worth over $77 billion for such clients as Hewlett-Packard, Ciena, Seagate, Bay Networks, Netscape, and Texas Instruments. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Michael was an associate at The Chase Manhattan Bank in NYC and also worked at IBM.

​He is an honors graduate of Cornell University, where he presently serves on the Cornell Council, has an MS from the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

​Michael formerly served on the boards of Lead21, an organization that enables entrepreneurs to advocate free market public policy, and the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank that champions freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free market policy solutions. He is a Trustee of the Asian Art Museum Foundation, where he is a member of the Investment Committee, and the former Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Symphonix League of the San Francisco Symphony.