SeungHwan David Lee

David is a Startup Research Intern at the USC Stevens Center for Innovation with interests in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and technology. He researches USC’s innovation ecosystem, analyzing the organizational support and stakeholders behind university entrepreneurship.

He brings in multinational experience spanning an M&A internship in Singapore, founding a startup out of Japan, and full-time as an auditor at Ernst & Young in San Francisco. He has recently co-founded 18VC, a podcast startup aimed at highlighting student founders through full-length interviews and connecting them to VCs and founder networks.

David earned his BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and he is currently pursuing an MS in Finance at the USC Marshall School of Business.