Jim Kim

General Partner

Jim Kim is a founding member and General Partner at Builders VC, where he enjoys partnering with entrepreneurs, working on really big ideas, and solving impossible problems. Prior to Builders, Jim founded Formation 8 and remains a Managing Partner. Jim has had the great fortune of collaborating with many visionary entrepreneurs including the founders of Bolt Threads, Fieldwire, Bowery Valuation, Notable Labs and Wish.

Jim formerly served as a General Partner at Khosla Ventures and a Senior Partner at CMEA Capital. Jim began his career by founding GE’s Venture Capital effort and leading investments in China High Speed Transmission, and ComScore. Jim received undergraduate degrees in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering and Political Science from MIT, where he also founded a venture-backed Internet infrastructure start-up with fellow Course 6 students. He also holds a Masters Degree in Quantitative Data Analysis from Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Jim enjoys kung-fu, tai chi, and farming Cabernet grapes, and he hopes to see the U.S. Soccer team win a World Cup in his lifetime.