Theo Lim

Theo Lim is a senior associate at Moderne Ventures who focuses on technology companies that are uncommonly scalable in real estate, finance, insurance, home services, and transportation.

Prior to Moderne, Theo was a consultant at Bain & Company, where he conducted due diligence on over $5B worth of assets in the Private Equity Group. He also worked with Fortune 500 clients in industrials, manufacturing, and B2B software on go-to-market strategy.

Before business school, Theo spent several years at the intersection of real estate and tech. Theo was a product manager at Buildout, a growth-stage SaaS marketing automation firm for commercial real estate brokers. At Buildout, he led the development of a new CRM product that boosted ARR growth by 20%. Theo also has five years’ experience developing commercial office, mixed-use, and multifamily real estate with CBRE and Swenson Builders. While at CBRE, he worked with multidisciplinary project teams to develop the 70-acre Microsoft Redmond Campus and the first ever Microsoft Treehouse offices. At Swenson, he worked on medium- to large- scale mixed-use and multifamily projects in the Bay Area, CA through design and entitlement.

Theo graduated with distinction from the full-time MBA program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. During his time at Booth, he received the Harry L. Davis Leadership Award for creativity, risk-taking, and commitment to the student body. As a representative on the Graduate Student Council, he led the Class of 2021’s COVID response team, while also co-chairing the Management Consulting Group, the largest student club on campus with over 200 students. Theo graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Civil Engineering and a minor in Urban Studies, where he co-led ASPIRE, the student real estate organization.

Theo is a mentor to low-income high school students and sits on the Associate Board for the Chinese American Service League (CASL) in Chicago. He is also an avid jazz pianist who performs with various groups around the city.