Dong Yoo

Principal at Forest Partners

Dong Yeol Yoo

Dong Yeol Yoo: is currently a Principal at Forest Partners, a leading independent venture capital firm in South Korea.1 2 He is responsible for investment prospect generation, due diligence, and portfolio management.2

Prior to joining Forest Partners in May 2017, Yoo held various roles including:

Senior Associate at BRV Capital Management from June 2015 to April 20171
Sales Director at Suntel from July 2016 to March 2017, where he provided one-stop solutions for wearable and IoT devices1
CMO at visionscape from January 2014 to March 2017, leading marketing strategy and distribution in the Asian market for innovative hardware startups and makers1
Social Designer and Researcher for Social Innovation at The Hope Institute from July 2012 to September 2013, designing projects to build up the social enterprise ecosystem1
Assistant Brand Manager at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Group from January 2009 to March 2012, contributing to the turnaround of Johnson's Baby and developing online plans for Neutrogena face cream1

Yoo: holds a BA in Sociology from Korea University.1 His LinkedIn profile URL is https://kr.linkedin.com/in/dong-yeol-yoo-89832846.1

Experience

Principal at Forest Partners (May 2017 - Present)

Senior Associate at BRV Capital Management (June 2015 - April 2017), Sales Director at Suntel (July 2016 - March 2017), CMO at Visionscape (January 2014 - March 2017), Social Designer (Researcher for Social Innovation) at The Hope Institute (July 2012 - September 2013), Assistant Brand Manager at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Group (January 2009 - March 2012), Co-founder at Dream Interview (May 2008 - July 2011), Assistant Reporter at Dong-A Ilbo (December 2006 - February 2007)