Investor · Founder · Advisor · Seoul
I’m Jordan Monnet, a physicist-turned-founder and investor. Over 15 years across Asia and Europe, I have built AI companies, co-created a $35M venture fund, backed 25+ startups, and helped technical teams cross markets.
I move between capital, company building, and craft. The medium changes; the method stays the same: understand the system, make a clear bet, then do the work.
Co-created and raised a $35M fund backed by international LPs. Built a 25+ company portfolio across AI, semiconductors, robotics, and advanced technology, with two companies later reaching unicorn status and three acquisitions.
Advising South Korean and Japanese startups on positioning, international market entry, business development, fundraising, and the operating choices that turn an ambition into a sequence of actions.
A French writing house in Seoul making hand-bound notebooks and small workshops. I run product, production, brand, sales, and operations directly—a deliberately small business where strategy stays close to execution.
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My path has crossed research, consulting, private equity, entrepreneurship, and venture capital in France, Germany, China, the UK, and South Korea.
Supporting founders on market entry, positioning, business development, investor engagement, KPIs, and execution across Asia and Europe.
Co-created a $35M cross-border venture fund and a portfolio of 25+ early-stage technology companies, investing primarily in South Korea and across global markets.
Built AI research and decision workflows, grew an international operation, and led product, technology, sales, partnerships, financing, hiring, and operations.
Led product and technology strategy through the sale of the company in February 2019.
Delivered strategy and operational work for global technology businesses, then led market-entry and partnership engagements for European deep-tech companies expanding into China.
Studied DNA repair, led international research projects, co-authored five peer-reviewed publications, presented at nine conferences, and taught 360 hours.
Studio Monjo · Seoul
“Studio Monjo keeps me close to the whole operating loop: product, pricing, production, sales, and customer response.”
It began after years spent building machines that produce language. The studio explores the other side of that work: objects made slowly, decisions tested directly, and writing returned to the hand.
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If you are building or backing an ambitious technical company and need strategic range with hands-on follow-through, message me on LinkedIn.
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