Investing Profile

Alfred Lin(5)

VCInvestorOperatorAngel
Seed/Early partner at Sequoia
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Alfred Lin's investing connections

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1 Investor

Connected to Pete Flint (NFX).

Networks Alfred is a member of
Stanford University Network
518 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
259 CONNECTIONS
Sequoia Capital Network
61 CONNECTIONS
Stuyvesant High School Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sequoia Capital Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
98
Current Fund Size
$195M

Alfred Lin is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alfred Lin's Investments On Record (46)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Whatnot
Series FOct 2025$230M
$970M
Co-investors: Connie Chan (Andreessen Horowitz), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Marcie Vu (Greycroft), Dustin Rosen (Wonder Ventures), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator), Laela Sturdy (CapitalG), Ryan Tedder, Andre Iguodala, Logan Paul, Steve Aoki, Gokul Rajaram
Kalshi
Series DOct 2025$300M
Series CJun 2025$190M
Series AFeb 2021$30M
$570M
Co-investors: Matt Huang (Paradigm), Alex Immerman (Andreessen Horowitz), Ali Partovi (Neo), Henry Kravis, Justin Mateen
Crosby
Series AOct 2025$20M
SeedJun 2025$6M
$26M
Co-investors: Josephine Chen (Sequoia Capital), Gill Shklarski (Operator Partners), Zach Weinberg (Curie.Bio), Elad Gil, Patrick Collison, Karim Atiyeh, Max Mullen, Eric Wu
Profound
Series BAug 2025$35M
$59M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Anas Biad (Sequoia Capital), Thomson Nguyen (Saga), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Max Altman (Saga), Ben Braverman (Saga), Balaji Srinivasan, Scott Belsky, Guillermo Rauch, Karim Atiyeh
Nominal
Series BJun 2025$75M
$130M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Kyle Lui (DCM), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Matthew Cowan (Next47)
Finch Legal
SeedApr 2025
Co-investors: Tony Xu, Jeff Seibert
Safara
Series UnknownDec 2024$7M
SeedSep 2022$4M
$11M
Co-investors: Brian Rothenberg (Defy Partners)
Formation Bio
Series DJun 2024$370M
$530M
Co-investors: Scott Kupor (Andreessen Horowitz), Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), William Reed (Spark Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Michael Moritz, Sam Altman

Alfred Lin's Experience

VP Finance LinkExchange (Acquired by Microsoft)Present
Partner Sequoia Capital2010 - Present
Co-Founder & General Manager Venture Frogs, LLC1999 - 2014
Chairman & COO Zappos.com (Acquired by Amazon.com)2005 - 2010
VP, Finance & Business Development Tellme Networks (Acquired by Microsoft)2001 - 2005

Alfred Lin's Education

Stanford University M.S. Statistics
Harvard University B.A. Applied Mathematics
Stuyvesant High School High School