Eurie Kim

Kim earned a B.S. with honors in business administration from the University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a campus of the University of California system; the University of California was founded in 1868 through a merger of two institutions and moved to Berkeley, California, in 1873.Open the full entry, and is a 2001 undergraduate alumna of its Haas School of Business.⁠[1][2]

She developed strategy for Fortune 100 companies at Bain & Company and invested in growth-stage businesses as a private equity investor.⁠[1]

Before joining Forerunner, she founded MAVN, a luxury accessories brand.⁠[3]

She holds an MBA with honors from the Wharton SchoolWharton SchoolThe Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania. Established through Joseph Wharton’s gift in 1881, it offers undergraduate, MBA, doctoral and executive education.Open the full entry of the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania, commonly called Penn, is a private research university and Ivy League member in Philadelphia. It traces its origins to a 1740 charity-school project; Benjamin Franklin proposed his academy in 1749, classes began in 1751, and a 1791 merger established the institution under its present name. Penn has 12 schools, with undergraduate education concentrated in arts and sciences, engineering, nursing and Wharton. Enrollment totaled 29,384 in fall 2025, and the fiscal 2025 endowment was $24.81 billion. As of October 2026, J. Larry Jameson was president, with his term scheduled to end on June 30, 2027.Open the full entry, class of 2009.⁠[1][4]

In 2012 Kim joined Forerunner Ventures, an early-stage venture firm in San Francisco founded by Kirsten Green. The firm’s first institutional fund closed at $40 million the same year.⁠[1][5]

In July 2016 Forerunner Ventures raised a $122 million third fund; the related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing listed Kirsten Green and Kim. The firm’s previous fund was $55.5 million, and at the time Forerunner focused almost exclusively on e-commerce businesses.⁠[5]

In 2020 Kim was named to the Forbes Midas Brink List.⁠[3][4]

She is a founding member of All Raise, a mentorship collective for women in technology and venture capital.⁠[3][4]

In March 2022 Kim discussed on Samir Kaji’s podcast Venture Unlocked how Forerunner was created, why she moved into venture capital full time, early objections from limited partners during fundraising and how the firm built its team. Forerunner then had more than $2 billion under management, had recently closed a $1 billion fund and had invested in companies including Jet, Birchbox, Warby ParkerWarby ParkerWarby Parker is a U.S. eyewear and vision-care company founded in 2010 by Neil Blumenthal, Dave Gilboa, Andrew Hunt and Jeffrey Raider, and headquartered in New York. Starting with direct online sales, it expanded into stores, contact lenses and eye exams, and is developing intelligent eyewear with Google and Samsung. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under WRBY.Open the full entry and Curology.⁠[3]

At the time she sat on the boards of companies including Oura, The Farmer’s Dog, Curology, Attabotics, Eclipse and Juni.⁠[3]

In May 2023 Kim appeared, as a managing partner at Forerunner, on the alumni podcast of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, discussing her move from consulting to venture capital.⁠[2]

On the show she said, “If you do not have an appetite for risk, you will never be a venture capitalist,” and described one of the job’s largest challenges as the fact that “you don’t know if you’re good for over 10 years.”⁠[2]

Kim is a managing partner at Forerunner Ventures, backing founders who use technology to meet human needs across health and wellness, financial services, career and learning, consumer AI and AI infrastructure.⁠[1]

On the firm’s site she writes, “I have this seemingly contrarian belief that technology is only as interesting as the human need it unlocks.”⁠[1]

She currently sits on the boards of Oura, The Farmer’s Dog, Leland, The Feed, A-Frame, Monarch Money, Joy, Granted and Andromeda Robotics.⁠[1]

Forerunner Ventures: Official website: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

X: Public account: https://x.com/eurie_kim (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/euriekim/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]