Investing Profile

Alfred Lin(5)

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

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Connected to Pete Flint (NFX).

Networks Alfred is a member of
Stanford University Network
519 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
255 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
90
Current Fund Size
$195M

Alfred Lin is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alfred Lin's Investments On Record (41)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Finch Legal
SeedApr 2025
Co-investors: Jeff Seibert, Tony Xu
Safara
Series UnknownDec 2024$7M
SeedSep 2022$4M
$11M
Co-investors: Brian Rothenberg (Defy Partners)
Formation Bio
Series DJun 2024$370M
$530M
Co-investors: Kareem Zaki (Thrive Capital), William Reed (Spark Capital), Scott Kupor (Andreessen Horowitz), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Lachy Groom (LGF), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Sam Altman, Michael Moritz
Summer Health
Series AApr 2024$12M
SeedJul 2022$8M
$20M
Co-investors: Amira Yahyaoui (Sequoia Capital), Deena Shakir (Lux Capital), Alyssa Jaffee (7wire Ventures), Andrew Dudum (Cherubic Ventures), Kate Ryder (XFactor Ventures)
Collaborative Robotics
Series BApr 2024$100M
Series AJul 2023$30M
$140M
Co-investors: Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Ali Partovi (Neo), Jeffrey Wilke
Truework
Series CAug 2022$50M
Series BMay 2020$30M
Series AJul 2019$12M
$98M
Co-investors: Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), David Thacker (Greylock), David Frankel (Founder Collective), Jack Groetzinger (Founder Collective), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Steve Sloane (Menlo Ventures), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Susan Hobbs (CrunchFund), Eduardo Vivas (Curated), Steven Sarracino (Activant Capital), Dana Lorch (Company Capital), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Brian Rumao (Next Play Ventures), Spencer McLeod (GSV Asset Management), Jonathan Ebinger (BlueRun Ventures), Greg Arrese (Ride Ventures ), Sujay Tyle (Balderton Capital), William Hockey, Rob Theis, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Vipul Ved Prakash
Faire
Series GMay 2022$420M
Series GNov 2021$600M
Series FJun 2021$260M
Series EOct 2020$170M
Series CDec 2018$60M
Series BDec 2018$40M
Series AFeb 2018$12M
SeedNov 2017$3M
$1.7B
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Jess Lee (Sequoia Capital), Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Ravi Gupta (Sequoia Capital), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator), Lauren Farleigh (Mischief Venture Capital)
Found
Series BFeb 2022$60M
Series AMay 2021$13M
$210M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Josephine Chen (Sequoia Capital), Jack Abraham (Atomic), Lauren Farleigh (Mischief Venture Capital), Allen Mask (WestCap), Julia Taylor Cheek (NextGen Venture Partners), Fidji Simo

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