Alfred Lin

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Partner at Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park, United States

Series ASeries BSaaSFintechConsumer

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Check Size

$5.0M — $25.0M

Activity Score

88/ 100

Reliability Score

🎯15% of deals in Dev Tools

📉Pace slowed from 2 to 1 deals (2021→2023)

💰Avg check: $38.0M

🏗️Primarily invests at Series A stage

Investment Thesis

Focus on consumer internet and SaaS companies. Former COO at Zappos.

Investment Timeline

Impossible Foods

$12.5M

Jun 2023

GitLab

$21.7M

Dec 2021

Notion

$39.1M

Mar 2021

Linear

$50.6M

Sep 2020

BlockFiDead 2022

$16.7M

Aug 2020

FastDead 2022

$4.0M

Mar 2020

Snyk

$4.8M

Feb 2020

FTXDead 2022

$1.6M

Aug 2019

Outcome HealthDead 2023

$300.0M

May 2017

BeepiDead 2017

$2.4M

Apr 2014

Portfolio Breakdown

By Sector

Dev Tools2 deals · 15%

Web3 / Crypto2 deals · 15%

Marketplace2 deals · 15%

Consumer2 deals · 15%

Climate Tech1 deal · 8%

SaaS1 deal · 8%

Fintech1 deal · 8%

Cybersecurity1 deal · 8%

Healthcare1 deal · 8%

By Stage

Series A7 deals · 54%

Series B3 deals · 23%

Series C1 deal · 8%

Growth1 deal · 8%

Series E1 deal · 8%

13 tracked deals9 sectors · 5 stages

Deal Velocity

Avg Deals / Year

1.2

Avg Deal Size

$38.0M

Largest Deal

Outcome Health

$300.0M

YoY Trend

Accelerating

Deals Per Year

13 total deals tracked2013–2023

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Current Fund Status

Fund Name

Sequoia Capital Fund 1

Reported Size

$3.3M

Deploy Progress (Est.)

42% Deployed

Co-Investors

No co-investment data available yet.