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Simon Shin

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Prior to Ethos, Simon founded Cypher Partners, an early stage fund focused on edtech, fintech, and digital health. Simon spent 5 years in Korea, where he was an investor with Bluepoint Partners, a top accelerator and early stage VC in Korea, leading their global investing team. In addition to investing in startups, he has spent more than 10 years leading product teams at successful startups like Riiid ($200+ million in funding), Chegg (IPO), Viant (IPO), and true{X] Media (M&A). Simon studied economics at Harvard and was an investment banker in his past life.

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