Company: VMCWF
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-001827
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Company: Valuence Merger Corp. I
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 6
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 novel drugs and is a global
leading life sciences expert. Dr. Cho has previously served as the Executive Senior Vice President and Director of R&D Biotech Research
Institute at LG Life Sciences (formerly LG Chem). During his tenure, the biopharmaceutical institute at LG became one of the leading
life science companies in the world, growing from just a few research scientists to several hundred employees. He has successfully introduced
10 different recombinant products such as growth hormones of human, bovine, and porcine, hepatitis B vaccine, interferon alpha and gamma,
granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and sargramostim, erythropoietin, among others. Moreover, four drug candidates were
out-licensed to multinational pharmaceutical companies under his supervision, with one gaining approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). On the basis of such achievements, Dr. Cho has received many awards and acted as a member of several government committees. Dr.
Cho received his Ph.D. from the University of Houston and worked as a post-doctorate fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Cho
is an author of more than 80 publications, including a cover-page publication in Nature magazine, and has more than 200 filed patents.
Dr. Joong Myung Cho is the father of our Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Gene Young Cho.

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John
Kim, has been one of our directors since March 2022, is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Datavest Partners, a private equity
firm focused on digital consumer, e-commerce, and marketing businesses. Prior to co-founding Datavest Partners, Mr. Kim was a Managing
Director at H.I.G. Capital for 18 years leading technology buyouts and investments. He served on the boards of e-commerce brands including
Cuyana, Lulu’s Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLU), Parachute Home, and SCUF Gaming as well as digital marketing companies
such as SpotX and Triad Retail Media. Prior to H.I.G., Mr. Kim spent 10 years in various leadership and operating roles at technology,
e-commerce, software, and consulting companies, including a co-founder, interim CEO and Director position at Cooligy; a COO position
at an e-commerce portal; a General Manager position at a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. Mr. Kim began his career at Booz, Allen
& Hamilton where he consulted