Lily Kim

I connect the world of capital to science that is shaping our future

For over two decades, I’ve worked at the intersection of science and commercial strategy, from engineering to business development to investing.I’m a General Partner and Co-Founder of Awaken Capital, where we invest in science- and engineering-driven companies.After studying electrical engineering at MIT (bachelor’s and master’s) and biomedical engineering at MIT/Harvard (PhD) as a Hertz Fellow, I moved into consulting and business development before joining OS Fund as a Partner and Chief Scientist.I’ve advised top biotech and pharmaceutical companies and helped research groups at the Wyss Institute at Harvard commercialize their work. I also founded FluidicMEMS, a long-running Boston networking series on microfluidics commercialization that inspired a similar series in the Bay Area.I serve on the Council of the Hertz Foundation, which identifies and supports the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology.

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