Cleveland Avenue

Founded by Don Thompson, the former President and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation, Cleveland Avenue is a venture capital firm that invests in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. 

Mingu has launched and managed the CA Tech Fund which invests across targeted, disruptive tech platforms such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital Experience, and Robotics. The fund invests in Tech companies with clear applications across large, lifestyle-driving industries such as Food, Fashion, Home, Work, and Culture & Entertainment.

[CA Tech Fund Portfolio: AI & Robotics]
.Bear Robotics (Serving robot in restaurant): Board of Directors (2022 - present)
.Aigen (Solar-powered agriculture robots for weed control and soil regeneration): Board Observer (2023 
- present) 
.Soul Machines (Digital people): Board of Directors (2022 - present)
.SparkCharge (On-demand EV charging):  Board of Directors (2023 - present), Board Observer (2022 - 2023)
.NeuReality (AI semiconductor): Advisory Board / Board Observer (2022 - present)

[CA Tech Fund Portfolio: Digital Experience]
.Believer (Gaming Studio)
.BeatClub (Creator economy & Music Marketplace)
.bemyfriends (Creator economy & fandom management) : Board of Directors (2021 - present)
.Flipper's (Cultural icon: roller skating)
.Mayvenn (Beauty product and service platform)

[CA Food Portfolio]
.Better Foods (Alternative food): Board of Directors (2024 - present)

Managing Partner

XSamsung

Founder & Governing Body Chair 

Other Board Member | Advisor 

AMP Investment Partners is a private investment club and business platform founded by alumni of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Partner & Founding Member, AMP Investment 

Join fellow CIOs in the Washington, DC community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.

Governing Body, Washington, DC CIO Community

Concordance is working to end the devastating cycle of reincarceration. 77% of individuals released from prison are rearrested within five years. Since our founding in 2015, we have reduced the reincarceration rate among our participants in St. Louis by 45%. We are the only program of our kind offering a holistic, integrated, and evidence-informed re-entry model.

Board of Directors, Concordance Academy

The TALK Youth Leadership, a not-for-profit organization, builds leadership to the youth in immigrant families. The objectives of this program are to offer mentoring to the youth by providing a role model that can support the student academically, professionally, socially and/or personally. The program facilitates bi-monthly speaker sessions from various fields to share a story about his/her passions and their professional life to show the possibilities for middle and high school students from immigrant families.

TALK stands for TIME, ACCESS, LIKE, and KNOW. The program helps the students to KNOW various types of fields for them to eventually find what they LIKE. The program will help the students to ACCESS the field for them to invest TIME to achieve their goals.

Chairman of the Board, TALK Youth Leadership 

The Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO) is a non-profit organization, established in Vienna, Virginia in 1997. KUSCO was established to accomplish two major missions: to enhance cooperative efforts in S&T between Korea and the U.S. and to support Korean-American scientists & engineers here in the United States.

Board of Directors, Korean US Science Cooperation Center 

Samsung SDS America

Chief Business Officer, Senior Vice President, Head of B2B

Senior Vice President, Mobile B2B

Vice President, Government

Vice President, Strategy & Business Development

Vice President, Public Sector

Lockheed Martin

Chief Technology Officer, E&TS LoB; Chief Architect, ITS-ESE Program

NuWave Solutions

Technology Consultant

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Project Manager/Software Development Manager/Software Engineer

Dr. Mingu Lee currently holds the position of Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue Technology Investments. In his role, Mingu spearheads the CA Tech Fund, an innovative investment platform targeting disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital Experience, and Robotics. The fund strategically invests in tech companies with applications spanning significant lifestyle-driven industries, including Food, Fashion, Home, Work, and Culture & Entertainment.

As part of his multifaceted responsibilities, Mingu serves on the boards of prominent companies, including Bear Robotics (specializing in serving robots for restaurants), Soul Machines (a pioneer in digital people), SparkCharge (offering on-demand EV charging solutions), bemyfriends (focused on the creator economy and fandom management), and Better Foods (a trailblazer in alternative food). Additionally, he acts as an Advisor or Board Observer for Aigen (solar-powered agriculture robots for weed control and soil regeneration) and NeuReality (an AI semiconductor company).

Before joining Cleveland Avenue, Mingu served as the Chief Business Officer and Senior Vice President at Samsung SDS America. He played a pivotal role in leading the company's business initiatives, with a primary focus on enterprise mobility, digital displays, blockchain, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, smart factory solutions, IoT, and 5G technologies.

Prior to his tenure at Samsung, Mingu served as Lockheed Martin's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Environmental and Technology Services. His career also includes significant roles as a senior project manager and software engineer at Northrop Grumman, where he contributed to the development and integration of enterprise systems for the U.S. Department of Defense.

In addition to his corporate leadership, he serves on the boards of TALK Youth Leadership and the Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center, highlighting his commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration.

Mingu earned his Ph.D. in systems engineering from George Washington University and participated in the Advanced Management Program (AMP 196) at Harvard Business School. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration (Summa Cum Laude) from The Ohio State University and a master's degree in information and telecommunication systems from Johns Hopkins University.

XSamsung LA meetup took place at the beautiful 100 Thieves facility.
Special thanks to Jason Ton at 100 Thieves and Jasper Brand at BITKRAFT for hosting us at such a great venue, and to Brandon Hoffman, XSamsung LA lead, and Jihye Song for co-hosting with me. 

It was inspiring to connect with our XSamsung colleagues in LA — full of energy and insights around AI,  entertainment, and healthcare startups, cross-border strategy, Intellectual property, and career journeys in general.

I also enjoyed a tour of 100 Thieves, an American lifestyle and gaming organization based in LA — a culture-driven brand spanning fashion, gaming peripherals, content creation, and esports teams.

xsamsung.co

EUNGTAEK LEE, Rayan Overcast, Jim Huang, Ki Kim, Kevin Chong, Onesun Lee, Wonkyum Lee, Youngsoo(YS) Lee, Ahmad Tolba, Sinhwa Kang, PhD

Minh Nguyen, Kansen Wu, Matthew Papish, Sayo M., Derek Sohn, Jorrit DeVries, Joanne Ji-eun Park

Haseeb Fonte, Archi KyoungRok Kong, Nick Stablein, Tami DeWeese, Seunghee Ha, David S. Youn, Robin Bienfait, Tamim Reza, Marius Ciocirlan, Nathalie Oestmann, Mohit Gupta, Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra, Maya Hari, Isaac Long

Mingu Lee

Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue | Governing Body Chair at XSamsung (Samsung Global Alumni)

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