# Antonio Key

> Antonio Key is Co-Founder and General Partner of Sunset Ventures, a pre-seed fund based in Los Angeles and San Francisco that has backed more than 70 early-stage companies, including Ready Player Me, Yuga Labs, Wonder Dynamics, BlocPower, and Flow Carbon. Before Sunset, he was Director of Investments at Samsung Next and an M&A banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch who worked on roughly $26B in deals. He's a Kauffman Fellow (Class 28), Wharton MBA, and Stanford grad.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & General Partner at Sunset Ventures
- **Organizations:** Sunset Ventures, Blueprint FTC, Kauffman Fellows, Samsung Next (former), Bank of America Merrill Lynch (former), Deloitte (former), K.O.T. Marketing Group (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, Science, Technology & Society, Stanford University, MBA, Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sunset Ventures, backing 70+ companies including Ready Player Me, Yuga Labs, Wonder Dynamics, BlocPower and Flow Carbon., Closed approximately $26B in enterprise value across 10 M&A transactions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch., Director of Investments at Samsung Next, one of the most active corporate venture arms in tech.

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Co-founded K.O.T. Marketing Group, an LA event marketing firm targeting millennial tastemakers; grew it into a multi-million dollar business.
- **post-MBA** — Management Consultant at Deloitte.
- **NYC** — M&A investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch covering tech; ten transactions totaling roughly $26B in enterprise value.
- **Samsung Next** — Led corporate development for AdTech, IoT, Digital Health and Fintech; later Director of Investments for seed and Series A.
- **present** — Co-Founder & General Partner at Sunset Ventures; Managing Director, Blueprint FTC; Kauffman Fellow Class 28.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sunset Ventures, backing 70+ companies including Ready Player Me, Yuga Labs, Wonder Dynamics, BlocPower and Flow Carbon.
- Closed approximately $26B in enterprise value across 10 M&A transactions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
- Director of Investments at Samsung Next, one of the most active corporate venture arms in tech.
- Kauffman Fellow, Class 28.
- San Francisco chapter chair for Stanford's OVAL undergraduate admissions program.
- Former national board member, Stanford Black Alumni Association.
- Alum of Toigo, MLT, and the UCLA Anderson Riordan programs.

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Active pre-seed investor at Sunset Ventures with new headshot and ongoing portfolio expansion across AI, consumer, and frontier tech.

## Links

- Website: https://sunsetventures.xyz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniokey

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