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Derek Yoo

Founder & CEO at Moonbeam

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Derek Yoo is the founder of Moonbeam and the CEO of PureStake. Previously, he worked at Fuze for 13 years as CTO and then CPO. Derek Yoo graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Investments

Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Seed -- $ 5 M
Jul 24
Seed -- --
May 08
Seed -- $ 3.5 M
Jan 31, 2023
Private $ 40 M $ 3.2 M
Apr 05, 2022
Strategic -- $ 2.1 M
Mar 23, 2022
Series A $ 50 M $ 6 M
Feb 23, 2022
Series A -- $ 30 M
Feb 16, 2022
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