# David Kim

> David Kim is the co-founder and CEO of Monterra, a San Francisco software company that helps EV charging contractors and developers design, quote, and propose charging projects in minutes instead of days. Before Monterra, he spent years working with utilities and energy companies designing EV charging programs, deploying smart grid infrastructure, and planning energy efficiency initiatives, with earlier stops at The Cadmus Group, Boston Consulting Group, and Accenture, plus a graduate degree from MIT Sloan. He co-founded Monterra in 2022 with Kelson Reiss and raised a $2.5M pre-seed led by Base10 Partners in November 2023 to speed the buildout of EV charging infrastructure with software and AI.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Monterra
- **Organizations:** Monterra, The Cadmus Group, Boston Consulting Group, Accenture
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Graduate degree (MBA), MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Monterra, an EV charging design and planning software company., Raised a $2.5M pre-seed round led by Base10 Partners, with Future Climate Venture Studio and Very Serious Ventures., Built a platform credited with 2,000+ EV charging projects designed.

## Career timeline

- **2022** — Co-founds Monterra Technology Inc. with Kelson Reiss to automate EV charging design and planning.
- **2023** — Monterra emerges from stealth and raises a $2.5M pre-seed round led by Base10 Partners (November).
- **2024** — Monterra reports 2,000+ projects designed and customers cutting lead-to-proposal time by 50-75%.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Monterra, an EV charging design and planning software company.
- Raised a $2.5M pre-seed round led by Base10 Partners, with Future Climate Venture Studio and Very Serious Ventures.
- Built a platform credited with 2,000+ EV charging projects designed.
- Customers report 50-75% faster lead-to-proposal cycles and up to 50% higher win rates.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Monterra profiled as an innovative platform empowering builders of EV charging infrastructure; reports strong customer time savings and win-rate gains.
- **2023-11** — Monterra closes $2.5M pre-seed led by Base10 Partners to accelerate EV charging design and planning.

## Links

- Website: https://monterra.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddkkim

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Last updated: 2026-06-24