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 10
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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 on operations strategy to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Kim received a M.S. and a B.S. with Phi Beta Kappa
honors in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Young
Min Kim, has been one of our directors since March 2022, has served in various high-ranking positions for the government of South
Korea for over 35 years. Between 2015 and 2018, Mr. Kim was the CEO of Korea Resources Corporation (“KORES”), a government-owned
energy and natural resources company dedicated to overseas resources development to provide strategic minerals to the Korean industry.
Prior to leading KORES, Mr. Kim was the Commissioner of the