Investing Profile

Alfred Lin(5)

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Partner at Sequoia

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Connected to Pete Flint (NFX).

Networks Alfred is a member of
Stanford University Network
394 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
152 CONNECTIONS
Sequoia Capital Network
38 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sequoia Capital Partner
Investment Range
$50K - $200.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
62
Current Fund Size
$195M

Alfred Lin is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alfred Lin's Investments On Record (31)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Faire
Series FJun 2021$260M
Series EOct 2020$170M
Series CDec 2018$60M
Series BDec 2018$40M
Series AFeb 2018$12M
Seed RoundNov 2017$3.4M
$695.95M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Founders Fund), Jess Lee (Sequoia Capital), Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel), Anu Hariharan (Y Combinator)
Found
Series AMay 2021$12.8M
$144.8M
Co-investors: Josephine Chen (Sequoia Capital), Julia Taylor Cheek (NextGen Venture Partners), Jack Abraham (Atomic), Frederique Dame (GV)
Instacart
Venture RoundMar 2021$265M
Series AApr 2013$8.5M
$1.4908B
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Mary Meeker (Bond), Hrach Simonian (Canaan Partners), Adeyemi Ajao (Base10 Partners), Larry Chu (Eunoia Capital Partners), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Jonathan Abrams (8-Bit Capital), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Michael Abramson, Sam Altman
Reddit
Series EFeb 2020$367.9M
Series DFeb 2019$300M
Series CJul 2017$200M
Series BSep 2014$50M
$1.1179B
Co-investors: Ronald Conway Sr. (SV Angel), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Judd Morgenstern (Partners Resolute), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Calvin Broadus (Casa Verde Capital), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital), Michael Abramson, Yishan Wong, Sam Altman, Philip Kaplan
Dolls Kill
Series BDec 2019$40M
$50M
Co-investors: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures), Jason Stoffer (Maveron), Collin West (Ensemble VC)
Truework
Series AJul 2019$12M
$44.9M
Co-investors: Steve Sloane (Menlo Ventures), Matt Murphy (Menlo Ventures), Keith Rabois (Founders Fund), David Thacker (Greylock), Steven Sarracino (Activant Capital), Jack Groetzinger (Founder Collective), Susan Hobbs (CrunchFund), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Charley M, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Vipul Ved Prakash
DoorDash
Series GMay 2019$600M
Series FFeb 2019$400M
Series DMar 2018$535M
Series CMar 2016$127M
Series BMar 2015$40M
Series AMay 2014$17.3M
$1.7241B
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Founders Fund), Saar Gur (CRV), Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), Sydney Meheula (Softbank Group), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Russell Siegelman (Global Innovation Fund), David Lee, Michael Abramson
Trupo
Seed RoundJul 2018

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