John Kim
John Kim is Chairman and President of Corporate Development at Lila Sciences, a Cambridge-based technology company building a scientific superintelligence platform. He previously served as Chief Client Officer at General Catalyst and held roles at J.P. Morgan, Court Square Capital Partners, and Kelso & Company. He is best known for having raised over $70 billion across venture capital and private equity over a three-decade career, and is the author of The Tao of Fundraising, published in Spring 2026.
“John Kim "explains why fundraising is really a trust-building exercise. He breaks down how great managers raise capital by increasing desire, reducing fear, simplifying their story, and creating consensus over time."”
“Today, he's chairman and president of corporate development at Lila Sciences, a company building scientific superintelligence, which has raised over $500 million.”
Source→“General Catalyst created a consensus. And so that was the whole goal. But you had to do it fun by fun by fun. But it was very intentional.”
Source→“The logic actually is an output of a successful sales pitch, not the input.”
Source→AI-extracted from podcast / newsletter / paper summaries. May contain errors.